The veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of hepatitis B, including a liver transplant, is being remanded due to the need for additional medical records.
The deciding factor: Additional medical records are required under VCAA compliance.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of hepatitis B, liver transplant
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 22, 2006
- Citation
- 0629987
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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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