The Board has ordered additional development due to incomplete records and an administrative error, including locating the Veteran's service treatment records and removing documents pertaining to another deceased veteran.
The deciding factor: Incomplete records and an administrative error prevented a thorough review of the case. The Board needs to locate missing records and correct any errors before making a decision.
- Claimed conditions
- Arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease, Old anterior myocardial infarction, Ventricular tachycardia, Cardiogenic shock
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 21, 2011
- Citation
- 1135396
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted service connection for multiple heart disabilities, diabetes mellitus, type II, hypothyroidism, bladder cancer, hypertension, diabetic nephropathy, peripheral neuropathies, bilateral non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy, and erectile dysfunction based on the Veteran's exposure to herbicides in Korea.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's heart disabilities, including ischemic heart disease and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, are granted as service-connected due to exposure to herbicides in Korea. Other conditions like diabetes mellitus, type II, hypertension, diabetic nephropathy, peripheral neuropathies, and erectile dysfunction are also granted based on the evidence of record.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the cause of death, but denied service connection for a kidney disorder. The Veteran's cause of death was listed as ventricular tachycardia due to cardiomyopathy, due to end stage renal disease (including hypertension).
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's heart disability was not caused by VA treatment, and the Board found that his additional disabilities were not proximately caused by VA fault. Therefore, compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for a heart disability is denied.
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