Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for lung cancer to obtain a new medical opinion addressing evidence of the Veteran's cessation of smoking and the gap between his last reported smoking and diagnosis.
The deciding factor: The November 2022 and April 2023 VA opinions are insufficient as they did not address the significant time gap between the Veteran's cessation of smoking and his lung cancer diagnosis.
- Claimed conditions
- lung cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 11, 2025
- Citation
- A25107366
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