The Board has determined that additional development is needed for the Veteran's claims, including obtaining medical records and scheduling a VA examination. The appeal will be returned to the Board after these actions are completed.
The deciding factor: Additional evidence and information are required to properly adjudicate the Veteran's claims.
- Claimed conditions
- jungle rot, thyroid disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 24, 2011
- Citation
- 1124101
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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.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for service connection for prostate cancer, thyroid disease, and scar status post thyroidectomy is dismissed as the claims are moot due to a grant of service connection for neoplasms of the male reproductive system including prostate cancer.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an earlier effective date of October 19, 2021, for the award of service connection for tinnitus but denied all other claims for service connection and special monthly compensation.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, finding no evidence to support higher ratings or a link between his claimed conditions and military service.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed all claims due to concurrent election of review options, which is prohibited. The Veteran had multiple appeals pending for the same issues.
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