The Veteran died from hypothermia, and the Appellant is seeking service connection for his cause of death. The claim will be remanded to provide proper notice.
The deciding factor: The claim requires proper notification regarding the necessary evidence to establish service connection for the cause of death.
- Claimed conditions
- hypothermia, delusional disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 6, 2009
- Citation
- 0925223
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the cases for additional development due to a lack of VA examination in connection with service connection claims for residuals of hypothermia and heat stroke.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to errors in duty to assist and insufficient medical opinions regarding the nature and etiology of the Veteran's cause of death. The AOJ is instructed to verify the Veteran's alleged exposure to herbicide agents during his service in Okinawa, Japan, and obtain a VA medical opinion on the etiology of COD.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition, to include anxiety disorder, depressive disorder, insomnia, delusional disorder, mood disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and adjustment disorder.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted an earlier effective date of October 15, 2020, for the award of a 100 percent evaluation for delusional disorder but dismissed the claim for an earlier effective date prior to February 26, 2018.
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