The veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the receipt of additional medical evidence that needs to be considered in light of this evidence.
The deciding factor: Additional medical evidence has been received which requires reconsideration of the claim for an increased rating for service-connected coronary artery disease.
- Claimed conditions
- coronary artery disease, status post myocardial infarction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 16, 2005
- Citation
- 0504366
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for his service-connected coronary artery disease, status post myocardial infarction is remanded due to the need for a VA examination. The effective date for service connection remains March 31, 2010.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for an initial 30 percent rating, but no higher, for coronary artery disease, status post myocardial infarction is being remanded due to a duty to assist error.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's service-connected coronary artery disease status post myocardial infarction was not productive of a workload of 5.0 or less METs resulting in heart failure symptoms during the period on appeal, and thus he is denied an initial rating higher than 30 percent.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's claims for service connection have been dismissed as the Veteran requested that his appeal be withdrawn from the legacy appeal system and considered under the Appeals Modernization Act (AMA) review system.
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