The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining medical records and clarifying the specific time frame of hospitalization.
The deciding factor: Additional evidence is needed to clarify when the veteran was hospitalized at Sarasota Memorial Hospital in August 2004 and for which period payment of medical expenses is requested.
- Claimed conditions
- coronary artery bypass surgery
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 7, 2006
- Citation
- 0610253
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.
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