The Board has remanded the case to obtain a new medical opinion regarding the onset and etiology of the Veteran's essential hypertension, which may be related to military service. The AOJ should readjudicate the claim on appeal after receiving this additional information.
The deciding factor: The VA physician will determine if the Veteran's hypertension was incurred in or related to his military service and whether it caused or contributed substantially or materially to his death.
- Claimed conditions
- Congestive Heart Failure, Renal Carcinoma, Prostate Cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 23, 2014
- Citation
- 1433007
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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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