Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded the claim for service connection for the cause of death due to inadequate medical records and opinions. The VA will obtain missing medical records and get new medical opinions.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the previous medical opinions were inadequate because they were based on incomplete records.
- Claimed conditions
- pancreatic cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 22, 2025
- Citation
- A25005507
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