The Board has remanded the case for additional development due to incomplete medical records and a need for medical opinions regarding the cause of death.
The deciding factor: Medical evidence is needed to determine if the veteran's service-connected conditions contributed to his death.
- Claimed conditions
- cardiovascular disability, anxiety reaction with chronic ulcer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 4, 2004
- Citation
- 0427410
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for a cardiovascular disability and tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's conditions are related to his military service.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a cardiovascular disability, including coronary artery disease and congestive heart failure, as well as sleep apnea, both claimed as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected right ankle injury. The evidence did not support a finding of direct service connection or secondary aggravation.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to a lack of autopsy and death certificate records, which are necessary for a complete evaluation of the Veteran's cause of death claim.
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