The Board has remanded the case to the RO for additional evidentiary development, including verifying the appellant's military service and obtaining records related to a previous award of benefits from the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission Appeals Board.
The deciding factor: The appeal is not ready for appellate review due to incomplete verification of the appellant's military service and the need to obtain relevant records from the US Department of Defense.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 26, 2006
- Citation
- 0615488
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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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