The Board has remanded the case due to a failure to provide the Veteran and his attorney with necessary correspondence. The appeal will be reconsidered after obtaining any relevant private medical records.
The deciding factor: Correspondence was not properly delivered, requiring a second opportunity for submission of private treatment records.
- Claimed conditions
- right clavicle, tendonitis, degenerative joint disease, impingement syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 20, 2019
- Citation
- 19187675
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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