The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for service connection for chronic congestive heart failure and residuals of tuberculosis exposure due to additional development being required.
The deciding factor: The evidence is not adequate to establish a direct link between the claimed conditions and the Veteran’s military service, necessitating further examination to determine if there are current diagnoses and their relationship to service.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic congestive heart failure, residuals of tuberculosis exposure
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 1, 2019
- Citation
- 19107972
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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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