Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for cause of death to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors, including obtaining a medical opinion and additional records.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary due to inadequate medical evidence regarding the Veteran's cholangiocarcinoma and its relation to Agent Orange exposure during service.
- Claimed conditions
- pulmonary embolus, cholangio carcinoma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 9, 2025
- Citation
- A25087480
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