Murphy v. Derwinski

FARLEY, Associate Judge:

Appellant filed a claim seeking service connection for her husband’s death from glioblastoma multiforme, a type of cancer. The Board of Veterans’ Appeals (BVA) affirmed the denial of service connection based upon the finding that no causal relationship had been shown between an earlier, service connected, form of cancer and the glioblastoma multiforme. We vacate the BVA decision and remand with directions that the BVA either (a) provide “reasons or bases” for the conclusion that appellant failed to submit a well grounded claim because no such relationship could exist;…