The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining medical records and providing a VA examination to determine if the Veteran has residuals from his in-service appendectomy and dental trauma.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for further evidence and evaluation due to outstanding treatment records and the need for an opinion regarding the Veteran's claimed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of appendectomy, residuals of tooth surgery
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 16, 2013
- Citation
- 1329564
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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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