The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical opinions regarding whether the Veteran's cause of death was related to service, specifically a cyst on his left arm. The appellant must provide any outstanding private medical records from the Veteran’s Memorial Medical Center and VA will obtain them.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there were insufficient medical opinions linking the Veteran's cause of death to his in-service cyst and remanded for further clarification.
- Claimed conditions
- hypovolemic shock, upper gastrointestinal bleeding, chronic kidney disease stage V secondary to hypertensive nephrosclerosis, acute respiratory failure secondary to community acquired pneumonia
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 1, 2019
- Citation
- 19175793
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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