The Board has found that a VA examination was required to determine if the Veteran's cause of death, liver cancer, is service-connected. The examiner did not provide an opinion regarding herbicide exposure as requested in the April 2020 Remand. Therefore, the case is being remanded for further development and consideration.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner failed to address the medical literature from the Institute of Medicine report entitled 'Veterans and Agent Orange: Update 2012' as requested by the Board in the April 2020 Remand.
- Claimed conditions
- Liver Cancer
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 26, 2022
- Citation
- 22017829
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
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