The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding whether the veteran's cocaine addiction is related to his service, specifically a single administration of cocaine for a nasal fracture repair in September 1987. The claim will be further developed and reviewed.
The deciding factor: The decision was not explicitly stated; it was based on insufficient medical evidence supporting the veteran's claim that he developed cocaine addiction as a result of a single in-service administration of cocaine.
- Claimed conditions
- cocaine addiction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 31, 2006
- Citation
- 0609397
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for cocaine addiction, finding that there was no evidence to support his contention that it was caused by in-service treatment for a nasal bone fracture.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical opinions regarding the Veteran's cocaine addiction and its relation to his in-service nasal surgery. The AOJ is instructed to obtain an independent medical opinion from a licensed Addiction Medicine Specialist with a pharmacology or forensics background.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claim for service connection for cocaine addiction, as it relates to his postoperative residuals of nasal bone fracture with scarring. The case was previously denied by the Board and later remanded multiple times due to conflicting opinions from medical experts.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran's cocaine addiction is not caused or aggravated by his service-connected anxiety disorder.
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