The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete records and a need for further development, including obtaining VA treatment records from the Gainesville and Lake City VAMCs.
The deciding factor: Further development is required as requested by the January 2019 remand directives.
- Claimed conditions
- nonservice-connected burial benefits
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 2, 2019
- Citation
- 19124549
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.
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