The Board has remanded the veteran's claims for additional development due to incomplete service records and lack of verification of his periods of active duty, active duty for training, and inactive duty for training with the Puerto Rico Army Reserve National Guard.
The deciding factor: Incomplete service records and lack of verification of the veteran's military service prevented a thorough review of his claims.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic hepatitis, chronic stomach disorder, chronic low back disorder to include chronic low back pain, chronic rib fracture residuals
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 15, 2006
- Citation
- 0607465
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.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for the Veteran's cause of death, finding that chronic hepatitis incurred during active service led to primary biliary cirrhosis and ultimately caused hemorrhage from esophageal varices.
- Granted
The Veteran's chronic hepatitis was granted a disability rating of 40 percent, effective February 11, 2005.
- Remanded (sent back)
The appeal is remanded to the RO for further development, including obtaining additional medical evidence and a medical opinion regarding the relationship between the Veteran's service-connected post-traumatic stress disorder and his death.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the veteran does not have chronic hepatitis or any chronic residuals of in-service acute hepatitis B, and thus denied his claim for service connection.
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