The Board has decided to remand the cases due to incomplete records, specifically missing service personnel records and hospital records from 1972. The Veteran's claims for service connection are being returned to the AOJ for further development.
The deciding factor: Incomplete medical records and service personnel records prevent a final determination on the Veteran's claims.
- Claimed conditions
- scar resulting from a stab wound, residuals of a broken jaw
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 15, 2018
- Citation
- 18126686
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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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