The Board has ordered additional development to clarify the cause of death and assess whether service-related conditions contributed to the Veteran's death. The case is now remanded for further action.
The deciding factor: Additional medical opinions are needed to determine if any service-related pathology caused general impairment that affected the primary cause of death (myocardial infarction due to congestive heart failure).
- Claimed conditions
- myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, congestive cardiomyopathy, peripheral vascular insufficiency, frostbite, gunshot wound of the right thigh, right and left frozen feet, demineralization of the right foot, osteopenia of the left foot
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 8, 2014
- Citation
- 1420913
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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.
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