The Board has remanded the case for further development and consideration due to incomplete evidence, including private medical records. The appellant is asked to provide releases for these records and attend a hearing at the RO.
The deciding factor: Further development of the evidence is needed before the claim can be decided.
- Claimed conditions
- Myocardial ischemia, Bladder carcinoma
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 15, 2005
- Citation
- 0510837
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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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- Granted
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