The Board has determined that additional development is needed for the veteran's claims, including obtaining medical records and arranging for examinations to assess his low back disability, loss of use of a creative organ, dental condition, and service-connected depression. The RO will then re-adjudicate these issues.
The deciding factor: Additional evidence was added to the record after previous statements of the case were issued without addressing this evidence, which is required by law.
- Claimed conditions
- depression, low back disability, loss of use of a creative organ
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 11, 2002
- Citation
- 0217882
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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
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