The Board remands the claim for a new medical opinion to address the Veteran's pharyngeal cancer and its potential relation to service, due to an inaccurate factual premise in the previous medical opinion.
The deciding factor: The previous medical opinion was based on incorrect information regarding the Veteran's smoking history, which is now being corrected through a remand for a new opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- pharyngeal cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 12, 2025
- Citation
- A25107667
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,164 · Granted: 31% (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
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