Remanded (sent back)
The Board must remand the case to address whether new and material evidence has been received to reopen a claim for service connection for Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, to include as due to Agent Orange exposure. The TDIU issue cannot be adjudicated until this is done.
The deciding factor: The issues are inextricably intertwined and must be addressed together before the TDIU can be decided.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 25, 2009
- Citation
- 0911127
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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