Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection of the cause of death to obtain a medical opinion regarding any relationship between the Veteran's causes of death and service or toxic exposures.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for additional development, including an updated TERA memorandum and a VA medical opinion, due to incomplete information in the record.
- Claimed conditions
- Critical decrease in blood pressure, Critical decrease in blood volume, Gastrointestinal hemorrhage, Pancreatic cancer with metastasis to stomach, liver, and bone
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 29, 2025
- Citation
- A25110627
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