The veteran's appeal is being remanded to the RO for further development and consideration of his claims, including obtaining medical opinions regarding potential service connection.
The deciding factor: The case requires additional evidence and examination to determine if new diagnoses are related to service or if existing conditions were aggravated by service.
- Claimed conditions
- postoperative residuals of a herniated nucleus pulposus with loss of left ankle reflex, heart disease, hiatal hernia with reflux, memory loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 20, 2006
- Citation
- 0635941
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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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