The Board has remanded the cases due to insufficient evidence regarding the Veteran's claimed conditions and their relationship to service.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there is not enough information in the record to determine whether the Veteran had TB during service, or if his current condition is related to his service. The Board also needs clarification on the nature of his renal cancer diagnosis.
- Claimed conditions
- Positive TB converter, Renal cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 19, 2019
- Citation
- 19130714
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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- Denied
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- Denied
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- Granted
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