The Board has remanded the case due to the need for additional development, including obtaining medical records and opinions from a VA examiner regarding the appellant's cardiac arrhythmia.
The deciding factor: Additional evidence is needed to determine if the veteran's current cardiac arrhythmia is related to his military service, particularly his service in the Southwest Asia theater in 1991.
- Claimed conditions
- cardiac arrhythmia, undiagnosed illness
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 22, 2005
- Citation
- 0516906
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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.
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