The Board has remanded the case for further development, including verification of service and obtaining relevant medical records. The appellant's claims for service connection are pending.
The deciding factor: Further investigation is needed to verify the appellant's service status and obtain necessary medical records to determine his eligibility for service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of an appendectomy, bladder damage, an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include anxiety disorder, depression, and posttraumatic stress disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 14, 2014
- Citation
- 1421698
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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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- Dismissed
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