The Board has determined that a remand is necessary to obtain medical opinions regarding the cause of the veteran's death and whether his service-connected condition contributed substantially or materially to his death. The appellant also needs to be provided with VCAA notification for her accrued benefits claim.
The deciding factor: Medical opinions are needed to determine if the veteran's service-connected condition contributed substantially or materially to his death from arteriosclerotic heart disease.
- Claimed conditions
- arteriosclerotic heart disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 7, 2006
- Citation
- 0619782
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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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- Partly granted
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- Denied
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- Granted
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