The Board has determined that there was a duty to assist error in the prior decision and has ordered a new VA examination for the Veteran's current pancreas disability, including residuals of both the pancreatectomy and splenectomy.
The deciding factor: There was a duty to assist error due to the lack of an adequate VA examination addressing the residuals of the spleen removal and the current severity of the status post primary neuroendocrine neoplasm of the pancreas with subtotal distal pancreatic resection with lymph node dissection, including the residuals of the pancreatectomy and splenectomy.
- Claimed conditions
- status post primary neuroendocrine neoplasm of pancreas, residuals of spleen removal
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 7, 2024
- Citation
- A24073180
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,913 · Granted: 30% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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What this means for you
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