The Board has remanded the claim of service connection for prostate cancer due to inadequate etiological opinions and potential intermediate step between a previously service-connected disability (prostate cancer) and current obesity.
The deciding factor: The June 20, 2023 examination report only contains an etiological opinion about whether the Veteran's prostate cancer is due to a toxic risk exposure activity, but there are no opinions for direct service connection or secondary service connection. An etiological opinion for secondary service connection should consider whether the Veteran's obesity is an intermediate step in relation to his prostate cancer.
- Claimed conditions
- prostate cancer
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 4, 2023
- Citation
- A23034547
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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.
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