The Board has remanded the case for additional development due to the need to obtain Social Security Administration records and medical records relied upon concerning those records.
The deciding factor: The VA's duty to assist includes the procurement and consideration of any clinical data of which the VA has notice, even when the appellant does not specifically request that such records be procured.
- Claimed conditions
- post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), hearing loss of the left ear, major depressive disorder with alcohol abuse in remission, bilateral tarsometatarsal degenerative arthrosis, left acromioclavicular joint degenerative changes (osteo arthritis), status post non-displaced tibial plateau fracture of the left knee, arthritic changes of the cervical spine, peripheral vascular disease, diabetes mellitus
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 14, 2004
- Citation
- 0418749
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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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