The Board remands the claims for service connection for metastatic brain tumor, parathyroid condition, and skin cancer of the left arm to obtain additional medical evidence.
The deciding factor: The June 2021 VA examiner's opinions were found inadequate due to a lack of analysis regarding the Veteran's claimed conditions and herbicide exposure during service.
- Claimed conditions
- metastatic brain tumor, parathyroid condition, skin cancer, including melanoma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 5, 2025
- Citation
- A25010823
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Decisions by this judge: 2,316 · Granted: 43% (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.
- Denied
The Board denied the claim for service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, finding that there was no evidence linking the brain tumor to his military service or any service-connected disability.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the Veteran's exposure to herbicide agents and contaminants, as well as the relationship between his brain tumor and these exposures. The claim will be further developed to address these issues.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for metastatic brain tumor, parathyroid condition, and skin cancer (melanoma) due to his conceded exposure to herbicide agents. The Veteran is seeking service connection for these conditions based on in-service injury or disease, including now conceded herbicide agent exposure.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for residuals of rectal cancer, low back condition, and parathyroid condition. The conditions were not found to be related to service or due to exposure to herbicides.
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