The Board has remanded the case due to VCAA compliance issues and review of new evidence. The veteran will be afforded VA examinations and his claim for service connection on reopened grounds will be reviewed.
The deciding factor: The appeal is being remanded due to VCAA compliance issues and the need to review newly submitted evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- weight loss due to undiagnosed illness, fever, chills, and night sweats due to undiagnosed illness, fatigue, elevated liver enzymes and gastrointestinal symptoms due to undiagnosed illness
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 22, 2003
- Citation
- 0328549
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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.
- 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.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a disability manifested by fatigue, to include CFS, and a left hip disability as the evidence did not support a current diagnosis or a link to service.
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