The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining updated treatment records and readjudicating the claims in a supplemental statement of the case.
The deciding factor: The previous remand ordered by the Board required the RO to obtain updated treatment records and issue a supplemental statement of the case. The current decision reflects that these actions have not been completed.
- Claimed conditions
- Right herniorrhaphy, Residual surgical scar
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 27, 2017
- Citation
- 1748565
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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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