The veteran seeks service connection for an abdominal aortic aneurysm, which he claims developed due to his time as a Prisoner of War. The VA has requested additional evidence and will review the case again after obtaining relevant medical records and opinions.
The deciding factor: The VA needs more information about the relationship between the veteran's POW experience and his current condition before making a decision.
- Claimed conditions
- abdominal aortic aneurysm
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 30, 2001
- Citation
- 0112286
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The appeal is remanded to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error by the AOJ.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a right shoulder disability, low back disability, and abdominal aortic aneurysm as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were incurred in or related to active military service.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for abdominal aortic aneurysm as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected hypertension.
- Granted
The Veteran is granted a Level 2 stipend under the VA's Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers due to his inability to self-sustain in the community.
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