The Board has determined that further development is needed to determine if the Veteran's current residuals of a cerebral vascular accident, including left-sided hemiplegia, are related to his military service and/or his service-connected ischemic heart disease.
The deciding factor: Further medical evidence is required to establish whether the Veteran's current residuals of a cerebral vascular accident are related to his military service or if they were caused or aggravated by his service-connected ischemic heart disease.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of cerebral vascular accident, left-sided hemiplegia
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 12, 2019
- Citation
- 19170723
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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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