The appeal is remanded to determine if there is sufficient evidence of record on the date of the veteran's death to have supported an award of service connection for hearing loss, tinnitus and/or a disability due to in-service asbestos exposure.
The deciding factor: Additional development is necessary to determine whether there is sufficient evidence to warrant service connection for the claims pending at the time of the Veteran's death.
- Claimed conditions
- Prostate cancer
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 25, 2009
- Citation
- 0906973
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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