The Board remands the issue of entitlement to a permanent status of the 100 percent rating for hepatocellular carcinoma due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
The deciding factor: A medical opinion is needed to determine if the total impairment caused by the Veteran's hepatocellular carcinoma is permanent in nature.
- Claimed conditions
- hepatocellular carcinoma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 14, 2025
- Citation
- A25043523
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 service connection for hepatocellular carcinoma as the evidence did not support a link to in-service exposure or injury.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for hepatocellular carcinoma, finding that there was no evidence of a nexus between the condition and his military service.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and effective dates, as well as service connection for various conditions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for hepatocellular carcinoma to obtain an adequate medical nexus opinion.
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