Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded the claim for service connection for cause of death to consider new evidence regarding coronary artery disease and hypertension as potential causes of death.
The deciding factor: The Board found that a new theory of entitlement was raised in the January 2024 supplemental claim, warranting readjudication.
- Claimed conditions
- squamous cell cancer of the head and neck, coronary artery disease, hypertension
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 28, 2025
- Citation
- A25007260
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