The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining service records and notifying the veteran of the VCAA requirements.
The deciding factor: The VA Regional Office failed to obtain all requested service records and did not provide adequate notice on disability ratings and effective dates as required by the Veterans Claims Assistance Act (VCAA).
- Claimed conditions
- Back injury, Neck injury, Nose injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 14, 2006
- Citation
- 0610831
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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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