The Board has determined that the Veteran's kidney cancer is not service-connected due to exposure to herbicides, and a remand is ordered for an opinion on whether his diabetes mellitus aggravated his kidney cancer.
The deciding factor: The PACT Act does not allow for presumptive service connection for kidney cancer based on herbicide exposure. The Board finds that the Veteran's kidney cancer was not caused or aggravated by his service-connected diabetes mellitus and requires a secondary service connection opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of kidney cancer
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 30, 2024
- Citation
- A24021916
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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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