The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining a medical opinion regarding the Veteran's cause of death and whether it is related to service or any in-service exposures.
The deciding factor: Further development is necessary due to the need for a medical opinion on the etiology of the Veteran's causes of death.
- Claimed conditions
- respiratory failure, intracranial swelling, recurrent glioblastoma multiforme
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 20, 2010
- Citation
- 1002971
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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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