The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining service and post-service medical records, and scheduling a VA examination to determine if current disabilities are related to findings noted in service.
The deciding factor: The veteran's service medical records show elevated blood pressure readings during service, which may be etiologically related to his current disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertensive vascular disease (hypertension), arteriosclerotic heart disease (heart condition)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 13, 2007
- Citation
- 0717754
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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
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