The veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for proper notification of the information and evidence necessary to substantiate his claim.
The deciding factor: The Board found that VA had not properly notified the veteran of which portion of the required information or evidence he was expected to provide.
- Claimed conditions
- pulmonary tuberculosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 5, 2004
- Citation
- 0406016
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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.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for the Veteran's cause of death, finding that his service-connected pulmonary tuberculosis was at least as likely as not a contributory cause of his death.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date than January 28, 2014 for service connection for pulmonary tuberculosis.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal to restore a 100% rating for pulmonary tuberculosis with sleep apnea is dismissed as the requested rating was already in effect.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate VA examination, and the Veteran's claim for service connection for pulmonary tuberculosis and related respiratory conditions is now pending.
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