The Board remands the case to obtain a more complete medical opinion regarding the cause of the Veteran's death, considering his service as a mortuary affairs assistant and any potential contributions from his service-connected skin disability.
The deciding factor: The opinions provided in July 2024 and October 2024 were found inadequate by the Board due to their failure to consider certain factors related to the Veteran's active duty and service-connected conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Severe pancreatitis, Acute multiorgan failure, Septic shock by pneumonia aspiration
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 12, 2025
- Citation
- A25051837
Veterans Law Judge
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.
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