The Board has remanded the cases for further development due to inadequate examinations and new evidence submitted by the Veteran.
The deciding factor: The examination reports are inadequate, and there is new evidence that needs to be considered in a Supplemental Statement of the Case (SSOC).
- Claimed conditions
- T7 compression fracture, residual scar
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 17, 2019
- Citation
- 19194663
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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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- Denied
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- Dismissed
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