The Board has remanded the case for further development due to new evidence and VCAA compliance issues.
The deciding factor: The decision is remanded as there was a significant change in the law with the enactment of the Veterans Claims Assistance Act of 2000 (VCAA) and additional information needs to be considered.
- Claimed conditions
- carcinoma in situ of the exocervix
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 13, 2006
- Citation
- 0610624
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Decisions by this judge: 1,710 · Granted: 15% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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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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