The Board has determined that additional development is needed to locate the Veteran's service treatment records and provide proper notice. The claims for service connection are being remanded.
The deciding factor: Additional efforts were not made to obtain the Veteran’s service treatment records due to a fire at the National Archives, and the Appellant was not provided with necessary forms or adequate notice regarding the unavailability of these records.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension, hypotension, dysphagia, muscle weakness, hyperplasia of prostate, bilateral lower extremity corns and callosities with dermatophytosis, bilateral lower extremity metatarsalgia, Parkinson’s disease, anemia, hepatitis C, transient ischemic attack, lumbar spine degenerative disc disease, thrombocytopenia with melena, mixed hyperlipidemia and hyperbilirubinemia
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 23, 2019
- Citation
- 19156430
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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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- Dismissed
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