The Board has requested an expert medical opinion and is remanding the case for readjudication with consideration of new evidence submitted by the Veteran.
The deciding factor: The claim was remanded due to submission of additional argument and evidence without initial RO consideration, necessitating a full review of the claims file.
- Claimed conditions
- Liver disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 6, 2018
- Citation
- 18116725
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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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- Partly granted
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