The Board has remanded the case for further development due to incomplete medical records and lack of information on exposure to ionizing radiation during service.
The deciding factor: Further investigation is needed into the veteran's exposure to potential harmful radiation during service, which may impact his claim for service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- transitional cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 2, 2006
- Citation
- 0602944
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.
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