The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining the veteran's complete personnel file and medical records from Dr. Strasnick.
The deciding factor: Additional evidence is needed to determine if the veteran was exposed to Agent Orange during his service in Vietnam and whether his acoustic schwannoma is related to such exposure or other service-connected conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Acoustic schwannoma, Subarachnoid hemorrhage, Bacterial meningitis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 14, 2006
- Citation
- 0617296
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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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