The Board has remanded the case due to a further duty to assist in obtaining medical records and terminal hospital records. The appellant seeks service connection for the cause of her husband's death, which was caused by severe coronary artery disease.
The deciding factor: Further evidence is needed from the VA to ensure all relevant medical records are considered before making a determination on the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- severe coronary artery disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 26, 2006
- Citation
- 0611966
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Veteran's cause of death was due to acute myocardial infarction and severe coronary artery disease, which were not related to his service-connected aortic stenosis. The Board found that the Veteran's service connected condition did not contribute substantially or materially to his death.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining STRs from the Veteran's second period of service and providing a medical opinion regarding whether hypertension had its onset during service or is related to service. The issues on appeal are entitlement to service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death and entitlement to service connection for chronic multi-symptom illness (CMI) for accrued benefits purposes based upon a claim pending at the time of the Veteran's death.
- Granted
The Veteran's cause of death is presumed to have been incurred in service due to his severe coronary artery disease, which was found to be a direct result of his military service.
- Denied
The Board found that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities did not cause his death and played no substantial or material part in it, leading to a denial of the claim for service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death.
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