The Board remands the case for further development, including an extraschedular evaluation and a genitourinary examination.
The deciding factor: The recent medical evidence suggests that the veteran's condition has worsened, necessitating referral for consideration of an extraschedular rating and a new examination to assess current symptoms and treatment success.
- Claimed conditions
- Postoperative residuals of prostate cancer
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 27, 2009
- Citation
- 0902801
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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