The Board has ordered additional development to obtain medical records from Bayfront Medical Center and to review the newly obtained records. The claims will be readjudicated after this development is completed.
The deciding factor: Additional development is required to ensure all relevant medical records are considered in the decision-making process.
- Claimed conditions
- hypotension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 15, 2013
- Citation
- 1337362
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have a current diagnosis for any of the claimed conditions and thus, service connection is denied.
- Remanded (sent back)
Service connection for hypothyroidism and parkinsonism is granted due to exposure to herbicides. Service connection for PAF, hypotension, and REM behavior disorder is remanded as there is no presumptive association.
- Dismissed
The claim for entitlement to service connection for hypotension was dismissed, and the issue of entitlement to service connection for hypertensive cardiovascular disease was remanded.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matter for further development, including obtaining additional medical records and a new opinion regarding the Veteran's cause of death.
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