The Board has decided that the cause of the Veteran's death is remanded due to insufficient medical evidence to determine if his service-connected conditions contributed to his death or were related to his period of active service, including exposure to herbicides.
The deciding factor: The Board lacks sufficient medical evidence to decide the claim and finds that a medical opinion is needed to address the cause of death and whether service-connected conditions contributed to it.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral severe pneumonia, severe pancytopenia, acute myeloid leukemia, graft versus host disease
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 28, 2024
- Citation
- 24009742
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the evidence is in equipoise as to whether the Veteran's service-connected hypertension contributed to his cause of death, and therefore grants service connection for the cause of death.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to an inadequate VA medical opinion regarding the Veteran's hypertension and coronary artery disease, which may have contributed to his cause of death.
- Denied
The Veteran's cause of death, sepsis and acute myeloid leukemia with toxic encephalopathy, was not caused by or related to his military service. The Board found that the available evidence did not show a nexus between the Veteran's exposure to toxins or herbicides and his death.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for acute myeloid leukemia and leukemic retinopathy with vitreal hemorrhage, but denied service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome.
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