The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development to obtain medical records and conduct a VA examination.
The deciding factor: Additional evidence, including private medical treatment records from the 1970s, needs to be obtained to support the claim of service connection for rib contusion residuals, intercostal neuropathy, and pain disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a rib contusion, intercostal neuropathy, pain disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 23, 2012
- Citation
- 1228972
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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
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