The Board is remanding the case for additional development to ensure compliance with VCAA requirements.
The deciding factor: The VA needs to provide proper notice and assistance as required by the VCAA before making a decision on the claims.
- Claimed conditions
- inactive pulmonary tuberculosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 6, 2005
- Citation
- 0500349
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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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