The Board has determined that additional medical records and a medical opinion are needed to determine if the veteran's death was related to military service or other causes.
The deciding factor: Medical evidence is required to establish whether the cause of the veteran's death was incurred in or aggravated by military service, or otherwise related thereto.
- Claimed conditions
- cardiac arrest, vascular dementia, hypertensive cardiomyopathy, chronic atrial fibrillation
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 6, 2000
- Citation
- 0023651
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for the cause of death due to lack of evidence showing a link between any service-connected disability and the Veteran's death. The conditions listed on his death certificate were not related to his military service.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for hypertension, ischemic stroke, and vascular dementia due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors. The claims are being remanded for further development including new VA examinations.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for the cause of death and burial benefits due to a lack of medical opinion regarding the Veteran's exposure at Camp Lejeune, which could impact his eligibility for these benefits.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's death due to cardiac arrest and atherosclerotic heart disease was not related or attributable to his military service, thus denying the claim for service connection for cause of death.
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