The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding whether the Veteran's kidney cancer was caused or aggravated by his service-connected bladder cancer. The VA must obtain a medical opinion on this issue.
The deciding factor: The VA needs to determine if there is a causal relationship between the Veteran's service-connected bladder cancer and his diagnosed kidney cancer, which could affect his cause of death claim.
- Claimed conditions
- Cerebral hemorrhage, Cerebral brain metastasis, Kidney cancer
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 19, 2023
- Citation
- 23057056
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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
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD, a kidney cyst (claimed as kidney abscess), kidney cancer, kidney disease, and benign prostatic hyperplasia due to lack of evidence supporting a link between these conditions and his military service.
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