The veteran's appeal is remanded due to incomplete records and the need for a VA medical opinion regarding when his condition stabilized.
The deciding factor: Incomplete medical records and the need for a VA medical opinion regarding stabilization of the veteran's condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Acute cholecystitis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 21, 2008
- Citation
- 0824320
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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
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