The Board has remanded the case for further development and readjudication due to incomplete medical records and need for a supplemental opinion from the VA examiner.
The deciding factor: The decision is pending further review by the RO based on new evidence and additional examination findings.
- Claimed conditions
- cardioembolic stroke
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 22, 2007
- Citation
- 0705203
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Veteran's appeal for a higher rating for chronic lymphocytic leukemia was denied, and his claim for additional SMC under 38 U.S.C. § 1114(p) and 38 C.F.R. § 3.350(f)(4) at the rate higher than subsection (m) was also denied.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for compensation benefits under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151, finding that his cardioembolic stroke was not caused by VA carelessness, negligence, or error in judgment.
- Denied
The veteran's cardioembolic stroke was not caused by VA care, but the proximate cause of his condition was deemed to be the veteran's own negligence in not following medical instructions.
- Denied
The Board found that the veteran's cardioembolic stroke was not caused by VA carelessness, negligence, or error in judgment. The occurrence of the stroke during a cardiac catheterization procedure was considered an event reasonably foreseeable.
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