The Board has decided to remand the case for further development, including obtaining VA medical records and scheduling a VA examination. The veteran's claim will be reconsidered after these steps are completed.
The deciding factor: Further development is necessary due to incomplete treatment notes and outstanding VA medical records that may be relevant to this appeal.
- Claimed conditions
- microscopic hematuria
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 8, 2006
- Citation
- 0638202
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,738 · Granted: 17% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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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.
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for microscopic hematuria due to insufficient evidence and a need for additional development of records.
- Granted
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