The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient information regarding the veteran's duty status on August 27 and August 28, 1973.
The deciding factor: Further investigation is needed to determine if the veteran was in a period of inactive duty training at the time of the accident.
- Claimed conditions
- face injury, jaw injury, collarbone injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 4, 2006
- Citation
- 0623235
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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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