The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for heart disease and acquired psychiatric disorders due to insufficient evidence regarding service connection.
The deciding factor: The VA needs to determine if the Veteran was exposed to asbestos in service and obtain a medical opinion on whether his current conditions are related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired Psychiatric Disorders, Heart Disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 15, 2019
- Citation
- 19112204
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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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