The Board remands the claims for service connection for Parkinson's disease, prostate cancer, bilateral choroidal melanoma, malignant melanoma of the back, and a respiratory disability due to outstanding evidence and duty-to-assist errors.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary to verify herbicide agent exposure and obtain private treatment records relevant to the Veteran's claimed disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Parkinson's disease, Prostate cancer, status post prostatectomy, Bilateral choroidal melanoma, Malignant melanoma of the back, status post excision, Respiratory disability, to include asthma and acute respiratory failure with hypoxia
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 26, 2025
- Citation
- A25055320
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.
- Dismissed
The appeal seeking entitlement to service connection for Parkinson's disease was dismissed due to the Veteran's death during the pendency of the appeal.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for Parkinson's disease, which is presumed to have been incurred in active service due to exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune.
- Granted
The Board restored the Veteran's 100 percent disability rating for his service-connected prostate cancer, effective September 1, 2024.
- Granted
The Board granted an effective date of August 25, 2016 for the award of service connection for Parkinson's disease.
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