The appeal is remanded to obtain additional evidence and schedule a VA examination.
The deciding factor: Further development of the record, including obtaining private medical records and scheduling a VA examination, is necessary before a decision can be made on the veteran's claim for service connection for coronary artery disease with hypertension.
- Claimed conditions
- coronary artery disease with hypertension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 15, 2008
- Citation
- 0815948
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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.
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