The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding whether the Veteran's service-connected PTSD contributed to his death. The appellant and her representative have provided medical articles suggesting a link between PTSD, coronary artery disease, diabetes, and other conditions. However, no definitive opinion is available in the record.
The deciding factor: The Board needs additional medical opinions on the relationship between the Veteran’s service-connected PTSD and his cause of death to determine if it was a contributory factor.
- Claimed conditions
- Atherosclerotic and diabetic cardiomyopathy, Morbid obesity
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 7, 2019
- Citation
- 19101245
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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