The Board has determined that further development is needed to determine the cause of the Veteran's death and whether his service-connected conditions contributed to it. The case is being remanded for a VA medical opinion on these issues.
The deciding factor: Further development is required due to inadequate previous opinions and the need to address potential contributory causes of death related to service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- hydrocephalus, pulmonary hypertension, myocardial infarction
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 23, 2010
- Citation
- 1006591
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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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