Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the appeal for additional evidentiary development, specifically to verify the Veteran's claimed herbicide agent exposure and obtain a new medical opinion.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner's opinion was inadequate as it relied solely on the absence of contemporaneous medical evidence without providing a complete rationale or addressing all of the Veteran's contentions.
- Claimed conditions
- lung cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 2, 2025
- Citation
- 25012389
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