The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to new and material evidence having been received. The claims are now pending before the AOJ for further development.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence was submitted that relates to unestablished facts necessary to substantiate the claims, raising a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claims.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar spine disability, left knee disability, vascular disability (claimed as AAA bypass and femur to femur bypass due to blood clots), psychiatric disability (claimed as PTSD, anxiety, and depression), disability manifested by syncopal episodes (including seizures and blackouts), sinus disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 19, 2019
- Citation
- 19173036
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disabilities to the AOJ for further development and consideration of evidence not previously considered.
- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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