The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete records and factual questions regarding the etiology of the veteran's hepatitis C.
The deciding factor: The examiner overlooked the veteran's history of blood transfusion in 1992, which could be relevant to his hepatitis C diagnosis.
- Claimed conditions
- hepatitis C, with liver disease
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 19, 2005
- Citation
- 0528134
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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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