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 assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 11, 2019
- Citation
- 19144480
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.
- Denied
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- Denied
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- Denied
The Board has determined that the cause of the veteran's death is not service-connected, as there is no medical evidence linking his death to military service.
- Denied
The Board found that the veteran's death was not caused or substantially contributed to by any service-connected disability, and denied the claim for service connection for the cause of his death.
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