The Board remands the claims for service connection for glioblastoma, right temporal lobe and the Veteran's cause of death due to new evidence that has not been reviewed in the first instance.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary to obtain a VA opinion addressing the reasonably raised theory of entitlement related to malaria and additional exposure to contaminants at Camp Lejeune.
- Claimed conditions
- glioblastoma, right temporal lobe
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 21, 2025
- Citation
- 25003889
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,044 · Granted: 21% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The appeal was dismissed as the Board granted service connection for glioblastoma, right temporal lobe and the cause of the Veteran's death.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for glioblastoma, right temporal lobe and cause of death due to glioblastoma. The claim is being remanded because there are insufficient records to determine if the Veteran's headaches during service were an early sign of his glioblastoma.
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