The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical opinion regarding the cause of death and whether service-connected PTSD aggravated a lung disorder resulting in death.
The deciding factor: An addendum medical opinion is needed to address the cause of death and its relation to service-connected conditions, including PTSD.
- Claimed conditions
- Pulmonary Embolism
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 4, 2019
- Citation
- 19177026
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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