The Board has determined that additional development is needed to clarify whether the Veteran's service-connected hypertension contributed to his death. The case will be returned for further review.
The deciding factor: The death certificate and Death Summary suggest a discrepancy in the cause of death, and a medical opinion is required to determine if any service-connected disability, including hypertension, caused or contributed to the Veteran's death.
- Claimed conditions
- sepsis, sacral decubitus ulcer, non-healing, right upper extremity deep vein thrombosis, type II diabetes mellitus, c. difficile colitis diarrhea, advanced dementia
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 27, 2017
- Citation
- 1742727
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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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- Denied
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