The Board remands the issues of entitlement to service connection for the Veteran's cause of death and dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC) under 38 U.S.C. § 1151, as additional development is needed prior to adjudication.
The deciding factor: Additional evidence needs to be obtained before a decision can be made on the merits of the claims.
- Claimed conditions
- Renal toxicity, Kidney failure
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 15, 2025
- Citation
- 25006684
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.
- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
The Board granted service connection for multiple myeloma, Parkinson's disease, diabetes mellitus type II (DMII), and kidney failure secondary to DMII based on in-service herbicide exposure.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matter to obtain relevant SSA records that could provide information pertinent to the Veteran's appeal.
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