The Board remands the claim for further development to ensure all procedures concerning verification of the Veteran's potential herbicide agent exposure have been followed.
The deciding factor: A pre-decisional duty to assist error requiring remand due to a failure to ensure that all VA procedures verifying the Veteran's potential herbicide agent exposure have been followed.
- Claimed conditions
- cause of death: recurrent metastatic small cell lung cancer to left adrenal gland and lymph nodes
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 15, 2024
- Citation
- A24065568
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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