The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for chronic memory loss, shortness of breath, and leg pain due to an undiagnosed illness. The VA examiner must provide opinions on whether these conditions are related to service or an undiagnosed illness.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner is required to address the onset and etiology of each condition in relation to service and any diagnosed undiagnosed illness.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic memory loss, shortness of breath, leg pain
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 23, 2018
- Citation
- 18143962
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
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- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to missing records and a pre-decisional duty to assist error. The claims will be readjudicated after obtaining any necessary records.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a heart condition (congestive heart failure), hypertension, and shortness of breath. The evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were related to his military service.
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