The Board has determined that additional development is needed to determine if the veteran's service-connected arthritis contributed to his death from a cerebral vascular accident. The case will be returned for further action.
The deciding factor: The VA physician must provide an opinion as to whether there is at least a 50 percent probability or greater that the veteran's service-connected arthritis disabilities contributed to or materially affected any disorder resulting in his death.
- Claimed conditions
- Cerebral Vascular Accident
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 5, 2005
- Citation
- 0509898
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's ratings for cerebral vascular accident with ataxia of bilateral lower extremities and left knee disability are restored, while the right knee disability is granted. The rating for left knee instability remains denied.
- Denied
The Board denied the claim for service connection for the cause of death, finding that no service-connected disability was a principal or contributory cause of death.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 due to insufficient attempts by the RO to obtain authorization from the Veteran for medical records related to his participation in a drug study.
- Denied
The Veteran's cause of death was not service-connected as the Board found no evidence that his heart disease or cerebral vascular accident had its onset during service, within one year of discharge, or was otherwise related to service. The psychiatric disorder claim is remanded for further development.
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