The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate medical opinions regarding the cause of the Veteran's death and its relationship to service-connected conditions. The AOJ is instructed to obtain a new medical opinion addressing these issues.
The deciding factor: The VA clinician must provide an adequate opinion on the etiology of the cause of the Veteran's death, including whether it was caused or aggravated by his service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Fatty liver disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 19, 2023
- Citation
- 23051606
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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).
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Whole decision: Granted
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- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted service connection for GERD, fatty liver disease, and tension headaches based on evidence showing that these conditions began during the Veteran's active service.
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