The Board has determined that further development is needed to determine if the cause of the veteran's death was related to service, including obtaining medical records and a VA opinion.
The deciding factor: Further development is required due to inconsistencies in the onset date provided by Dr. Asuncion regarding the veteran's guerilla service.
- Claimed conditions
- peritonitis, ruptured peptic ulcer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 23, 2004
- Citation
- 0410558
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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.
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