The Board has remanded the case due to the need for additional development, including obtaining medical records and opinions from a VA specialist.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for further evidence and expert opinion regarding whether the veteran's service-connected anxiety reaction contributed to his death.
- Claimed conditions
- anxiety reaction, atherosclerotic vascular disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 8, 2004
- Citation
- 0427969
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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.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected conditions have rendered him in need of regular aid and attendance, which is granted for special monthly compensation.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to a duty-to-assist error, and will need to obtain a medical opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's cause of death.
- Dismissed
The Board denied the Veteran's motions to reverse or revise prior rating decisions on grounds of clear and unmistakable error (CUE), finding no such errors in the March 1971 and August 2004 decisions.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's disabilities caused by high cholesterol, including transient ischemic attack (TIA) and atherosclerotic vascular disease, are secondary to his service-connected chronic kidney disease with hypertension and diabetes mellitus. The claim is therefore granted.
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