The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining relevant medical records and scheduling VA examinations to address the nature and etiology of his claimed residuals of pneumonia and hepatic cirrhosis.
The deciding factor: The case must be returned to the Board for further appellate review after necessary development has been completed.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of pneumonia, hepatic cirrhosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 28, 2014
- Citation
- 1423998
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss is not service-connected as there is no evidence of a current disability.,The Veteran's residuals of pneumonia are service-connected due to his military service and the presence of lung scarring from previous pneumonia episodes.,The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, is service-connected based on in-service stressors.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for service connection has been remanded due to the submission of new and relevant evidence. The claims will be reconsidered on their merits.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for the Veteran's cause of death, which was due to hepatic cirrhosis that was found to be proximately due to or a result of his service-connected generalized anxiety disorder.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for hepatic cirrhosis as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected hepatitis C.
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