The Board has remanded the case for additional development due to incomplete medical records and inadequate VCAA notice.
The deciding factor: The VA needs to ensure all notification and development actions required by the Veterans Claims Assistance Act of 2000 are fully complied with before making a decision on service connection for rotoscoliosis of the thoracic spine with convexity to the right, claimed as secondary to service-connected conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- rotoscoliosis of the thoracic spine with convexity to the right, degenerative arthritis, right shoulder, condition of the left shoulder blade
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 20, 2004
- Citation
- 0404913
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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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