The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete records and will provide further action based on new evidence.
The deciding factor: Incomplete medical records prevented a thorough review of the claim, necessitating additional information from SSA and VA providers.
- Claimed conditions
- paralysis, cerebral spastic, infantile with right hemiplegia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 9, 2006
- Citation
- 0603760
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.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for multiple disabilities, including shoulder, elbow, hand, leg, ankle, paralysis, hypertension, tuberculosis, eye, hernia, and vertigo, as there was no evidence of current disability or a nexus to service.
- Dismissed
The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's death before filing an appeal to the Board.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 was denied as there is no additional disability shown due to VA treatment.,The Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 was also denied as there is no additional disability shown due to the procedures he underwent at the Milwaukee VAMC.
- Remanded (sent back)
The appeal is being remanded for further development and adjudication of the Veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of a spinal shot, claimed as resulting in paralysis and a back disability.
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