The Board is remanding the case to the RO for further development and readjudication, including compliance with the requirements of Kent v. Nicholson.
The deciding factor: The decision was not made on the merits of service connection but rather on whether new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen previously denied claims.
- Claimed conditions
- fungus infection, catarrhal nasopharyngitis
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 20, 2006
- Citation
- 0611358
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Decisions by this judge: 2,242 · Granted: 24% (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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