The Board remands the Veteran's claims for additional medical opinions to address the nature and etiology of the claimed disabilities.
The deciding factor: The addendum opinion provided was found inadequate due to its failure to specifically address the Board's remand directives, incorrect statements regarding the Veteran's prostate cancer claim, and lack of analysis on the development of bone cancer in his 9th rib and L3 vertebrae.
- Claimed conditions
- bone cancer of the 9th rib and L3 vertebra, urethral mass
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 28, 2024
- Citation
- 24032292
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,316 · Granted: 43% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's claims for service connection have been dismissed due to the death of the Veteran. The Board has no jurisdiction to adjudicate these appeals at this time.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that remand is necessary to obtain additional medical opinions regarding the Veteran's service connection claims for metastatic prostate cancer and urethral mass, as well as his claim under 38 U.S.C. § 1151.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection and compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 are remanded due to inadequate compliance with prior remand instructions.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection and compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 due to concerns about the relationship between the Veteran's service-connected back condition and his bone cancer, as well as whether his prostate cancer residuals were properly monitored by VA.
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