Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded the claim for service connection of the Veteran's cause of death to obtain missing medical records and a new medical opinion.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the previous medical opinions were incomplete and inadequate, warranting a remand to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.
- Claimed conditions
- pancreatic cancer, diabetes mellitus type II
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 16, 2025
- Citation
- A25004205
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