The appeal is remanded to the RO for additional development, including obtaining any informed consent records associated with the May 2000 cervical spine surgery.
The deciding factor: The Board finds that another remand is necessary as the RO has not complied with previous directives to obtain relevant medical records and further development is required.
- Claimed conditions
- cranial nerve paralysis (claimed as throat injury)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 14, 2009
- Citation
- 0901608
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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