The Board has determined that additional medical review is needed to determine the role of malnutrition in the Veteran's death, and service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death will be remanded.
The deciding factor: The Board finds that a medical opinion is necessary to address whether malnutrition contributed to the Veteran's death.
- Claimed conditions
- cardio-respiratory arrest, multiple organ failure (septicemia), pneumonia, septicemia, adenocarcinoma colon, esophageal mass, malnutrition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 10, 2009
- Citation
- 0933954
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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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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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