The Board has remanded the veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence regarding his claimed conditions and theories of entitlement.
The deciding factor: The examination report is needed to determine if any FAS was aggravated during service and/or subject to a superimposed injury during service.
- Claimed conditions
- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS), Left Shoulder Disability, Neck Disability
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 3, 2006
- Citation
- 0606128
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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- Partly granted
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