The Board remanded the case to reevaluate the veteran's liver cancer rating post-transplant. The Board found that the liver transplant was likely due to service-connected liver cancer.
The deciding factor: The Board disagreed with the AOJ's interpretation of the VA examination findings and found that the liver transplant was secondary to the service-connected liver cancer.
- Claimed conditions
- hepatocellular carcinoma (liver cancer)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 27, 2025
- Citation
- A25006831
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Decisions by this judge: 2,677 · Granted: 26% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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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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