The appeal is remanded to obtain additional VA medical records and a new opinion regarding the veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151.
The deciding factor: Additional VA medical records from before January 2001 are needed, as well as an updated medical opinion addressing the criteria for benefits under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a stroke
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 4, 2008
- Citation
- 0811137
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.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating or service connection.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus, a heart condition, and residuals of a stroke for further development.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for a stroke, finding it at least as likely as not that the Veteran's stroke was proximately due to his service-connected hypertension.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for memory loss, sleep apnea, hypertension, diabetes, residuals of a stroke, and tremors. However, it granted service connection for bladder cancer and prostate cancer.
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