The Board remands the claim for service connection for kidney cancer to obtain a medical opinion considering the Veteran's toxic exposure risk activities, including asbestos exposure.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary due to insufficient evidence of a nexus between the Veteran's kidney cancer and his in-service exposures, particularly regarding the synergistic effect of all potential toxic exposures.
- Claimed conditions
- renal cell carcinoma (kidney cancer)
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 17, 2025
- Citation
- A25035601
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,451 · Granted: 22% (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
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- Denied
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