The Board has ordered additional development to determine if the Veteran's death was caused by his service-connected cold injury residuals and subsequent surgeries, including a vascular surgery in July 2006.
The deciding factor: The Board needs to obtain relevant treatment records from Sacred Heart Medical Center to assess whether the July 2006 surgery was related to the Veteran's service-connected cold injury residuals and if heparin use was associated with his death due to 'heparin anticoagulation'.
- Claimed conditions
- heparin anticoagulation
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 18, 2015
- Citation
- 1535251
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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.
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