The veteran's claim for pension benefits due to non-service connected disabilities is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining SSA records and arranging for VA examinations to assess the extent of his disabilities.
The deciding factor: Additional evidence is needed to properly evaluate the veteran's disabilities and determine if he qualifies for nonservice-connected pension purposes.
- Claimed conditions
- right lower extremity eversion, scoliosis of the spine at T12, hepatitis, arteriosclerotic heart disease, arthritis, asthma, internal hemorrhoids, prostate problems
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 23, 2001
- Citation
- 0114464
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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
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Partly granted
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