The Board has decided to remand the case due to lack of substantial compliance with previous remand directives and insufficient rationale in the VA opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's death.
The deciding factor: The VA clinician did not provide adequate rationale for their opinions on the appellant’s theories of entitlement, including those related to a cold injury to the right foot and onset of diabetes during service.
- Claimed conditions
- septicemia, PVD
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 11, 2019
- Citation
- 19144480
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Decisions by this judge: 1,680 · Granted: 24% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied DIC and survivors' pension benefits due to the lack of evidence linking septicemia to service, and because the Appellant's income exceeded the maximum annual pension rate.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors and a need for further medical opinion regarding the relation between the Veteran's service-connected disabilities and his cause of death.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for further development due to insufficient medical opinions regarding service connection for conditions causing numbness or related symptomatology in the lower extremities, including PAD and PVD. The Veteran's exposure to Agent Orange is conceded.
- Whole decision: Granted
The claim for service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death has been granted due to the submission of relevant new evidence, and a VA opinion is needed regarding the etiology of his cause of death.
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