The veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for proper VCAA notification and for issuance of a Statement of the Case (SOC) regarding his claims.
The deciding factor: The case requires additional development as per the Veterans Claims Assistance Act of 2000, including providing the veteran with proper VCAA notice.
- Claimed conditions
- pulmonary tuberculosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 18, 2006
- Citation
- 0614540
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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.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for the Veteran's cause of death, finding that his service-connected pulmonary tuberculosis was at least as likely as not a contributory cause of his death.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date than January 28, 2014 for service connection for pulmonary tuberculosis.
- Denied
The Board denied the claim of service connection for the cause of death due to lack of new and material evidence, as all submitted documents were found to be forgeries.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for pulmonary tuberculosis and pneumonia, finding that there was no evidence of these conditions during or within one year after service. The Board also found that exposure to herbicide agents did not cause either condition.
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