The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining medical records and providing a comprehensive review of the record to determine if the Veteran's death is related to his service-connected conditions or any other condition.
The deciding factor: The cause of the Veteran's death must be determined based on all available evidence, including medical records and expert opinions.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee patellectomy, appendectomy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 14, 2010
- Citation
- 1026123
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied various claims for increased ratings and effective dates, except for granting a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for a right knee condition, to include as secondary to left knee disability, but denied service connection for an appendectomy.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for an appendectomy to ensure all necessary evidence is obtained and a VA opinion is provided.
- Granted
The Board granted an increased rating for appendectomy and a noncompensable rating for residual scars for appendectomy effective June 9, 2021.
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