The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete information about the Veteran's employment as a bus driver and whether he is currently employed. The Veteran will be provided an opportunity to provide this information before the issue can be reconsidered.
The deciding factor: Incomplete information about the Veteran's employment status and nature of termination requires further development.
- Claimed conditions
- unknown
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 8, 2019
- Citation
- 19161744
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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.
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