The Board has ordered a remand to gather missing service records and determine the nature of any diagnosed disabilities, including whether they are related to undiagnosed illness.
The deciding factor: The claim requires additional development due to incomplete record and need for medical evaluation regarding potential diagnoses and their relation to service.
- Claimed conditions
- knees, hips, elbows, ankles
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 24, 2009
- Citation
- 0927625
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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
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