Remanded (sent back)PACT Act
The Board remands the claim for liver cancer to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors, including obtaining service personnel records and an adequate medical opinion.
The deciding factor: Remand is required due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error in not properly developing the record regarding toxic exposure risk activities and reliance on an inadequate VA medical opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- liver cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25086299
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