The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete records and additional development is required.
The deciding factor: The decision was not explicitly stated, only that it was remanded for further action.
- Claimed conditions
- vision problems, left (minor) shoulder injury, growth on the neck, burns
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 14, 2007
- Citation
- 0735816
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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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- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected burns do not meet the criteria for eligibility for specially adapted housing (SAH) assistance due to lack of contractures and limitation of motion in his extremities.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence and a need for further investigation into toxic exposure risk activities.
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