The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate medical opinion regarding the Veteran's brain tumor, which is presumed to be related to herbicide agent exposure in Vietnam. The VA must obtain a new examination that addresses whether the Veteran's current brain disability, including meningioma, is at least as likely as not related to service.
The deciding factor: The Board found the January 2022 VA opinion inadequate and remanded for a new examination that complies with Bailey v. O'Rourke and Polovick v. Shinseki.
- Claimed conditions
- brain tumor, meningioma
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 7, 2023
- Citation
- 23043933
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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
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's lung cancer and brain tumor are granted service connection, while his basal cell carcinoma (claimed as multiple myeloma) is denied. The Board found no evidence of herbicide exposure in Guam or elsewhere during active duty.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the appeals of the Veteran's claims for bilateral hearing loss, lumbar spine disability, and brain tumor as no longer pending due to the cancellation of hearings and the granting of service connection for a back disability.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service connection claims for meningioma, headaches, Grover's disease, actinic keratosis, seborrheic keratosis, and nail pterygium in lichen planus have been granted. The effective date is September 17, 2018.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate exposure records and medical opinions, and because the issues of service connection for brain tumor, migraine headaches, and seizures are intertwined.
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