The Board has remanded the case for a Travel Board hearing at the RO, and will not make any determination on the merits of the claims until further notice.
The deciding factor: The Veteran requested a Travel Board hearing before a Veterans Law Judge from the Board sitting at the RO. The case is being returned to the RO/AMC for scheduling this hearing.
- Claimed conditions
- testicular carcinoma with metastasis of lung, chronic psychiatric disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 11, 2013
- Citation
- 1340796
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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
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- Denied
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- Denied
The Board denied service connection for head injury residuals, to include a chronic psychiatric disorder, in a November 2002 decision. The evidence submitted since then is not new and material.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the appeal due to the Veteran's death and cannot proceed with the merits of her claims.
- Denied
The Board found that the veteran's current psychiatric disorder did not begin during service and was not caused by a disease or injury incurred in service, thus denying his claim for service connection.
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