The Board has remanded the case due to deficiencies in prior notice and procedural issues, including a lack of service connection for any disabilities at the time of the Veteran's death.
The deciding factor: The decision was remanded due to inadequate previous notice regarding how to substantiate the claim for service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death on the basis of direct and secondary service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- prolonged shock, anoxia, multiple trauma, hemorrhage, suffocation, crush injury by burial under fertilizer
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 17, 2010
- Citation
- 1005785
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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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