The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining service department records and VA medical records. The veteran's heart disability is alleged to be due to a failure by the VA facility to diagnose and treat it from July 1994 to May 1996.
The deciding factor: The decision was not explicitly stated but implied that further development is needed before making a final determination on the claims.
- Claimed conditions
- heart disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 9, 2003
- Citation
- 0311956
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Decisions by this judge: 1,467 · Granted: 18% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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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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