The Board has remanded the case for additional development due to procedural issues, including an incorrect prison number in the address of the veteran's supplemental statement of the case.
The deciding factor: Procedural defect in the delivery of the Supplemental Statement of the Case (SSOC) due to an incorrect prison number.
- Claimed conditions
- acquired psychiatric disorder, Peyronie's disease
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 21, 2006
- Citation
- 0604927
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
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