The Board has remanded the cases for further development and review, including obtaining medical records and providing an opinion regarding environmental exposures. The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have rendered him unemployable.
The deciding factor: The Veteran’s service-connected disabilities have made it difficult for him to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation.
- Claimed conditions
- memory loss, sleep impairment, psychiatric disability, rectal cancer
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 4, 2019
- Citation
- 19191239
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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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