The Veteran's claim for an initial rating in excess of 20 percent for bladder cancer is being remanded due to outstanding private treatment records from the Mayo Clinic that need to be obtained.
The deciding factor: There are outstanding private treatment records from the Mayo Clinic that may be relevant to the Veteran's claim and should be obtained before a decision can be made.
- Claimed conditions
- Bladder tumor
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 1, 2023
- Citation
- A23034190
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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 Veteran's bladder tumor, which was service-connected, contributed to his death from gastrointestinal cancer. The Board found that the bladder tumor was at least as likely as not cancerous and contributed substantially to his death.
- Granted
The Veteran's bladder cancer is caused by his service-connected prostate cancer, to include radiation treatment. The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's bladder cancer as secondary to his service-connected prostate cancer.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have resulted in a loss of use of both feet, meeting the criteria for financial assistance for the purchase of an automobile or other conveyance and adaptive equipment.
- Denied
The Veteran's claims for higher initial ratings and service connection were denied as the evidence did not support a finding of entitlement to any of the claimed conditions.
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