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
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,645 · Granted: 19% (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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