The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining medical records and a VA opinion regarding the cause of death.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need to obtain missing medical records and provide a VA opinion regarding the cause of death.
- Claimed conditions
- Pulmonary Embolus, Dementia/Alzheimer's disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 21, 2007
- Citation
- 0740203
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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
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical opinions regarding the cause of death and potential service connection. The Veteran's cause of death was congestive heart failure, which is believed to be caused by hypertension and pulmonary embolus.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has determined that exposure to chemicals during service, particularly diesel fuel fumes from the Veteran's duties as an auto mechanic, may have contributed to his death due to a pulmonary embolus. The evidence is in equipoise regarding whether this exposure substantially contributed to the cause of death.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, finding that his COPD was caused by exposure to herbicide agents in service. The decision is based on the link between his COPD and his presumed exposure to Agent Orange while serving in Vietnam.
- Whole decision: Granted
The petition to reopen the claim of entitlement to service connection for the cause of the Veteran’s death is granted. The appeal is allowed to that extent only, and the claim of entitlement to service connection for the cause of the Veteran’s death is remanded.
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