The Board remands the claim for further development, specifically to determine the relationship between the fatal metastatic gastric adenocarcinoma and active service including exposure to Camp Lejeune contaminated water and asbestos.
The deciding factor: Further VA evaluation is needed as the current evaluations do not address the relationship between the fatal metastatic gastric adenocarcinoma and active service, including documented asbestos exposure and exposure to Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
- Claimed conditions
- metastatic gastric adenocarcinoma
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 28, 2025
- Citation
- A25093362
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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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