The Board is remanding the case to obtain additional medical records and to provide a VA medical opinion regarding whether the veteran's service-connected back disability contributed to his death.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner will assess whether the veteran's service-connected back disability played any role in his death, including contributing substantially or materially to the cause of death.
- Claimed conditions
- heart conditions
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 1, 2006
- Citation
- 0637240
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings, TDIU, special monthly compensation, and Dependents' Educational Assistance due to insufficient evidence of a higher disability rating or unemployability.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for diabetes, heart conditions, chronic kidney disease (CKD), left and right lower extremity neuropathy, and headaches as the evidence did not support a direct relationship to the Veteran's active service.
- Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for heart conditions was dismissed due to untimeliness, and the claim for renal disease was denied as there is no evidence of a current disability.
- Dismissed
The appeal was dismissed because the veteran died while it was pending. The dismissal does not affect the right of an eligible person to take the Veteran's place to continue the appeal on the pending claim(s).
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