The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for pancreatic neoplasm for a new VA examination.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary to obtain an additional VA examination, which will correct a pre-decisional duty-to-assist error.
- Claimed conditions
- pancreatic neoplasm
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 29, 2025
- Citation
- A25093871
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,963 · Granted: 32% (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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to a need for an addendum opinion regarding whether the Veteran's pancreatic neoplasm was aggravated by his service-connected intestinal colon and rectal adenocarcinoma.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for service connection of pancreatic neoplasm has been dismissed due to the death of the appellant. The Board does not have jurisdiction to adjudicate this matter as it is no longer pending.
- Granted
The Veteran's pancreatic neoplasm and metastatic pancreatic cancer are granted service connection.,The cause of the Veteran's death, respiratory arrest due to metastatic pancreatic cancer, is also granted service connection.
- Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for pancreatic neoplasm, unspecified depressive disorder, testicular cancer, depression, and diabetes mellitus has been dismissed due to the Veteran's death during the pendency of the appeal.
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