The Board has remanded the case due to a potential misspelling of the claimed Veteran's last name and incomplete service department verification. The appellant must provide additional documents for review.
The deciding factor: VA needs to verify the claimed Veteran's service, including any potential misspellings in the last name provided by the appellant.
- Claimed conditions
- shell fragment wound (SFW)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 17, 2009
- Citation
- 0947831
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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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- Granted
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- Granted
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