The Board remands the claims for service connection for basal cell carcinoma skin cancer and valvular heart disease with heart valve replacement to obtain additional medical evidence regarding the causal link between the Veteran's service, including exposure to herbicides and asbestos, and his diagnosed conditions.
The deciding factor: Remand is required due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors in the VA opinions regarding the causal linkage between the Veteran's service and his diagnosed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- basal cell carcinoma skin cancer, valvular heart disease and heart valve replacement
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 14, 2025
- Citation
- A25088550
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Decisions by this judge: 1,506 · Granted: 43% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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.
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