The Board has remanded the veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of mononucleosis and a sinus condition due to outstanding in-service medical records and additional evidence.
The deciding factor: The VA needs to obtain all relevant in-service medical records, including those from the Philadelphia Naval Hospital, and request any necessary private medical records. The veteran must provide information about his treatment during service and any pertinent evidence he has.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of mononucleosis, sinus condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 7, 2004
- Citation
- 0409064
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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 denied service connection for a deviated septum and chronic sore throat, dismissed the issue of a sinus condition, and remanded claims for asthma, hypertension, and irritable bowel syndrome.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for all claimed conditions as there was no evidence of a current disability.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for several conditions, including lumbar condition and PTSD, with specific ratings and effective dates.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for left knee, right knee, tooth, deviated septum, and sinus conditions to correct predecisional duty-to-assist errors.
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