The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete service records and will attempt to obtain additional medical records from various sources.
The deciding factor: The VA is unable to locate the appellant's service medical records, which are necessary for a proper determination of her claims.
- Claimed conditions
- left scapular muscle area pain, back injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 7, 2006
- Citation
- 0603385
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.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 10 percent rating for hypopigmented macules and denied service connection for hypercholesterolemia, while remanding several other claims for further development.
- Dismissed
The veteran's appeal for service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease and back injury, left lower sciatica, and right lower sciatica was dismissed as the appeals were not timely filed.
- Dismissed
The veteran's requests to switch dockets and appeals for service connection were denied as untimely, with no good cause shown.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions due to an error in verifying the Veteran's active service and obtaining his complete service personnel records and treatment records.
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