The Board has remanded the veteran's claims for service connection and new and material evidence issues due to additional medical records submitted since the most recent SSOC.
The deciding factor: Additional medical records were submitted by the appellant, necessitating a remand for reconsideration of his claims.
- Claimed conditions
- numbness of the extremities, depression and PTSD
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 5, 2008
- Citation
- 0838229
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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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