The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for glioblastoma, migraines as secondary to glioblastoma, cognitive disorder as secondary to glioblastoma, and the cause of the Veteran's death (as secondary to glioblastoma) due to conflicting medical evidence regarding whether the glioblastoma was caused by herbicide exposure.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there is conflicting medical evidence concerning whether the glioblastoma was caused by the herbicide exposure and thus requires further medical opinion on this issue.
- Claimed conditions
- glioblastoma, migraines, cognitive disorder
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 13, 2023
- Citation
- 23050731
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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
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- Granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for migraines was reopened due to new evidence. Service connection is granted for painful scars, but the rating assigned remains at 10 percent. The claims for fibromyalgia and bilateral shoulder disability are denied.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's headaches are at least as likely as not caused by his service-connected traumatic brain injury, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
- Granted
The Veteran's cause of death, glioblastoma, is determined to be due to his in-service herbicide exposure (Agent Orange). The Board granted service connection for the cause of death.
- Dismissed
The appeal concerning the service connection claims for various conditions and initial compensable evaluations for service-connected erectile dysfunction and bilateral hearing loss is dismissed due to the Veteran's death.
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