The Board has ordered remand due to the need for additional development, including obtaining VA and private treatment records, and a VA cardiology examination.
The deciding factor: The decision is being remanded because there are outstanding medical records that have not been obtained and considered in the current evaluation of the veteran's claim.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of rheumatic fever
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 24, 2006
- Citation
- 0632947
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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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
The appeal is being remanded to the RO for additional development, including providing the Veteran with proper VCAA notice.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of rheumatic fever and a lung condition noted as COPD and chronic bronchitis based on tobacco use and nicotine dependence during active service, finding no evidence of current disability or residual effects from rheumatic fever. The claim for COPD was remanded to obtain an opinion regarding the cause of the veteran's condition.
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