Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for rectal cancer and its residuals due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error in not completing special development procedures under 38 C.F.R. § 3.311(a)(2)(iii) and an inadequate medical opinion.
The deciding factor: The July 2023 VA medical opinion was found inadequate because it contained conclusory statements without adequate explanation, and the examiner did not provide a rationale for why other risk factors outside of military service outweighed the factors identified in the TERA.
- Claimed conditions
- rectal cancer
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25009518
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