The veteran's appeal is being remanded to the RO for further review of his claim, including consideration of new regulations and additional evidence. The case will be returned to the Board after this review.
The deciding factor: New regulatory provisions have been issued that may impact the veteran's service connection claim for stroke and its residuals as a presumptive disease for former prisoners of war.
- Claimed conditions
- CVA (cerebrovascular accident), stroke and its complications
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 12, 2005
- Citation
- 0518836
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
The Veteran's left ear hearing loss existed prior to service and was not aggravated by active service.,The Veteran's skin rash of the bilateral upper extremities and lower extremities is not related to active service or any incident of service, including as due to in-service exposure to an herbicide agent.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining terminal treatment records and requesting a medical opinion regarding whether the Veteran's death was related to his service.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims of entitlement to service connection for various conditions, including low back disorder, GI disorder, anemia, left knee disorder, CVA, and prostate cancer. The appeals were based on direct service connection rather than presumptive exposure to herbicides or other agents.
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