The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining SSA records and VA medical records, arranging for a VA examination to determine whether the veteran is entitled to SMC based on A&A, and issuing a Supplemental SOC regarding the claim for specially adapted housing.
The deciding factor: The decision was not about service connection, so no reasoning applies in that context.
- Claimed conditions
- psychiatric, bilateral knee, right leg neurological disorders
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 12, 2004
- Citation
- 0418425
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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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