The veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the implementation of the Veterans Claims Assistance Act of 2000 and changes in VA regulations. The RO must ensure all notification and development actions required by these laws are completed, including obtaining service medical records from the Marine Index Bureau, Inc.
The deciding factor: The VCAA requires that all claims be reviewed to ensure compliance with new notification and assistance requirements.
- Claimed conditions
- motor neuron disease, post-polio syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 17, 2002
- Citation
- 0200665
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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: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the case to obtain an addendum opinion addressing the conflicting diagnoses and their etiology.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection of post-polio syndrome to obtain missing treatment records and a new medical opinion.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's post-polio syndrome is granted a total disability evaluation, and DEA benefits are established from April 25, 2016.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for post-polio syndrome, finding that there was no evidence of aggravation beyond natural progression and that the condition was not incurred during or related to active service.
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