Remanded (sent back)
The appeal for service connection for the Veteran's cause of death is remanded. The Board needs more medical opinions to determine if the Veteran's cardio-pulmonary arrest or colon cancer were due to his exposure to herbicide agents during military service or caused by his Parkinson's disease.
The deciding factor: The VA Regional Office never requested a medical opinion addressing whether the Veteran's conditions were at least as likely as not due to his presumed exposure to herbicide agents.
- Claimed conditions
- cardio-pulmonary arrest, colon cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 27, 2025
- Citation
- A25006986
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