The Board has remanded the case due to a need for additional development, including obtaining a medical opinion regarding whether any service-connected conditions contributed to the veteran's death.
The deciding factor: The appeal is being remanded because there are outstanding issues related to the cause of the veteran's death and the need for further medical evaluation.
- Claimed conditions
- optic nerve atrophy of the right eye, subluxation of the left patella, chronic anxiety reaction
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 17, 2004
- Citation
- 0415610
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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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