The Board is remanding the claims for further development, including verification of service dates and additional service in 2003, as well as obtaining medical opinions regarding the onset of heart attack during ACDUTRA and its relationship to stress-related disability.
The deciding factor: The claims are intertwined and require clarification on the nature of the Veteran's service and potential additional service. Further development is needed to establish facts before a decision can be made.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a heart attack, stress-related disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 16, 2012
- Citation
- 1209869
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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: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for service connection for residuals of a heart attack has been withdrawn, and the claim is dismissed.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of a heart attack and hypertension, as these conditions are claimed to be secondary to his service-connected left shoulder disability. The Veteran was not afforded a VA examination in this regard.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for coronary artery disease, finding that there is not a causal relationship between his military service and his current condition.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran's residuals of a heart attack are not secondary to his service-connected right shoulder disability, and thus denied the claim.
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