The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining medical records and a VA opinion regarding the cause of death.
The deciding factor: The appeal is being remanded due to incomplete evidence and the need for a VA medical opinion on the cause of death.
- Claimed conditions
- poliomyelitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 31, 2012
- Citation
- 1203502
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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: Denied
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to an inadequate opinion from a VA examiner regarding direct service connection for post-polio syndrome.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the claims for service connection for poliomyelitis, right foot disability (excluding residuals of poliomyelitis), and right hip disability. The TDIU claim is also being remanded due to incomplete development.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the appellant's claim for DIC benefits as a helpless child of her father, finding that she was not permanently incapable of self-support at the time of her 18th birthday due to poliomyelitis.
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