The Veteran's claim for service connection for Paget's disease, which he claims is due to exposure to ionizing radiation in service, has been remanded. The VA will need to obtain a dose estimate from the Under Secretary for Health based on available methodologies.
The deciding factor: Further development is required as the Veteran submitted medical evidence indicating a potential causal relationship between radiation exposure and his Paget's disease.
- Claimed conditions
- Paget's disease
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 17, 2022
- Citation
- 22046714
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board grants service connection for Paget's disease, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of a right thumb injury, Paget's disease, hypertension, erectile dysfunction (secondary to hypertension), and kidney disease (secondary to hypertension) as there was no evidence that any of these conditions began during active service or were otherwise related to an in-service injury or disease.
- Dismissed
The veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection for lumbar spine degenerative arthritis and Paget's disease.
- Denied
The claims for service connection for various knee and shin splints conditions, as well as prostate disorder and Paget's disease, have been denied due to lack of new relevant evidence.
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