The Board has remanded the case due to concerns about the cause of death and the need for a medical opinion regarding whether any service-connected conditions contributed to the Veteran's failure to thrive.
The deciding factor: The Board found that additional development, including obtaining medical opinions and records, is necessary before deciding the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of cold injury, bilateral foot, bilateral peripheral neuropathy, residuals of cold injury, upper extremities, residuals of a grenade fragment wound, left chest, residuals of an injury to the right great toe, scar excision of basal cell carcinoma, left ankle area
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 29, 2010
- Citation
- 1024226
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted the restoration of service connection for hypertension, as the grant was not clear and unmistakable error. The claims for diabetes, hypothyroidism, and bilateral peripheral neuropathy were remanded due to duty to assist errors.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for left shoulder condition, bilateral peripheral neuropathy, diabetes mellitus type II, prostate cancer, and hypertension as the evidence did not support a finding that any of these conditions were related to the Veteran's active duty service.
- Dismissed
The appeal to reopen the previously denied claims for service connection for bilateral foot, lumbar spine, and right leg conditions is dismissed due to the Veteran's death.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's request for an effective date earlier than June 30, 2016, for Total Disability Individual Unemployability (TDIU) because there was no factually ascertainable increase in the severity of his service-connected disabilities during the relevant period.
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