The Board remands the claim for service connection of the Veteran's cause of death to correct duty to assist errors related to the Veteran's service-connected conditions and presumed service-connected hypothyroidism.
The deciding factor: A medical opinion is needed to determine if the Veteran's cause of death was related to his service-connected diabetes mellitus or hypothyroidism, as well as any other service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Adenocarcinoma of an unknown primary site, Ischemic heart disease (service-connected), Hypothyroidism (presumed service-connected due to herbicide exposure)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 13, 2025
- Citation
- A25052302
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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