The appeal is remanded to the RO for further development of evidence related to the veteran's claim for service connection for a cardiovascular disability.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that additional records from specified hospitals should be obtained before a decision could be made on the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- cardiovascular disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 4, 2009
- Citation
- 0904017
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for treatment purposes only for a left foot disability and denied it for a cardiovascular condition. The remaining issues were remanded.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a cardiovascular disability, finding that there was no evidence of a current disability related to an in-service event or injury.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for a bowel disability, to include irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), as secondary to service-connected PTSD and denied the remaining claims for service connection.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder but dismissed claims for a cardiovascular disability, hypertension, left and right knee conditions. The respiratory condition claim was remanded.
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