The Board has determined that further development is required to determine if the veteran's death was related to his service in the military, including any treatment for his service-connected thrombophlebitis of the right leg.
The deciding factor: Further medical opinions are needed to clarify the relationship between the veteran's conditions and his service.
- Claimed conditions
- heart failure, acute myeloid leukemia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 9, 2004
- Citation
- 0409271
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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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Granted
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- Dismissed
The appeal is dismissed as the Veteran did not express disagreement with any issue decided by the AOJ within the prior year.
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