Remanded (sent back)
The claim for service connection for the cause of death has been remanded due to new and relevant evidence. The Board will reconsider the claim based on this new information.
The deciding factor: New evidence, including a follow-up opinion by the Veteran's treating physician and statements supporting different theories of entitlement, warrants readjudication.
- Claimed conditions
- biliary/pancreatic cancer metastatic to liver, diabetes mellitus, type II (DMII)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 24, 2025
- Citation
- A25006446
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