Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a VA medical opinion to assess the Veteran's cause of death, including as due to toxic exposure risk activity.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary to satisfy the duty to assist by obtaining an appropriate VA medical opinion regarding the nature and etiology of the Veteran's stomach cancer.
- Claimed conditions
- adenocarcinoma of the body of the stomach with metastasis to jejunum
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25021736
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