The veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining VA medical records and scheduling examinations.
The deciding factor: Additional evidence is needed to determine if the veteran's symptoms are related to his military service or an undiagnosed illness.
- Claimed conditions
- fevers, chilly feelings, night sweats, dyssomnia, aching joints
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 28, 2006
- Citation
- 0636750
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for respiratory conditions, bilateral upper extremity conditions, and carpal tunnel syndrome of the upper extremities but granted service connection for night sweats as they are proximately due to a service-connected condition.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for further evidentiary development, including obtaining additional medical records and an opinion regarding the Veteran's prostate cancer treatment.
- Partly granted
The veteran's claims for higher ratings for sinusitis, diabetes, and allergic rhinitis were denied. A rating of 10 percent was granted for chronic bronchitis. Claims for service connection for night sweats and an earlier effective date for prostate cancer were also denied.
- Granted
The veteran's appeal for service connection and a 100% disability rating for CLL and related conditions was granted.
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