Remanded (sent back)PACT Act
The Board remands the claim for a medical opinion to determine if the Veteran's cause of death, metastatic adenocarcinoma, is related to herbicide agent exposure during service.
The deciding factor: The RO did not obtain a medical opinion prior to the January 2025 AOJ rating decision regarding the direct causation theory of service connection for the cause of death.
- Claimed conditions
- metastatic adenocarcinoma, primary unknown
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 30, 2025
- Citation
- A25110978
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