The Board has ordered further development due to incomplete records and the need for clarification of evidence. The case is now remanded to the RO for additional development.
The deciding factor: The decision was remanded because the necessary evidence had not been fully obtained or clarified, necessitating a return to the agency of original jurisdiction (AOJ) for further consideration.
- Claimed conditions
- hair loss, fatigue, Grave's disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 17, 2003
- Citation
- 0327861
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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
The Board granted service connection for hair loss and preexisting migraines, but denied initial compensable evaluations for allergic rhinitis and left eustachian tube dysfunction.
- Dismissed
The veteran withdrew the appeal for all service connection and rating issues, and the Board has no jurisdiction to review these matters.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for fatigue and prurigo nodularis, both on a secondary basis to the Veteran's service-connected conditions.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a disability manifested by fatigue, finding no evidence of the condition and attributing the Veteran's symptoms to other known diagnoses.
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