The Board has ordered additional development for the Veteran's service connection claims, including obtaining his personnel records and scheduling him for a VA examination to determine if his diabetes mellitus Type II is related to service. The issues of reopening his hypertension, gout, and respiratory disability claims have also been remanded.
The deciding factor: The Board ordered additional development due to incomplete service records and the need to verify the Veteran's dates of active duty, ACDUTRA, and INACDUTRA.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension, gout, respiratory disability
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 9, 2010
- Citation
- 1008847
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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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