The Board has ordered the case to be remanded for additional development, including comprehensive VA examinations and obtaining a copy of a Goodwill Industries report. The veteran's claim for a permanent and total disability rating for nonservice-connected pension benefits will be reconsidered.
The deciding factor: Additional medical evaluations are needed to determine the current status of the veteran's disabilities, which may affect his eligibility for a permanent and total disability rating for nonservice-connected pension benefits.
- Claimed conditions
- hepatitis C, visual impairment, anemia, tachycardia, psychiatric disorder(s)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 17, 2000
- Citation
- 0018625
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for a vitamin D deficiency and remanded claims for coronary artery disease, status post femoral bypass, chronic kidney disease, and anemia due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for hepatitis C, jaundice, hypogeusia, and hyposmia as there was no evidence of a current disability during the pendency of the claim.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for bilateral pes planus, anemia, and gastritis as the conditions were not shown to be related to or aggravated by service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board denied service connection for hepatitis C and remanded the claim for a heart disability due to insufficient evidence.
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