The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient development of records and a need for medical opinions regarding the Veteran's cause of death.
The deciding factor: The decision was remanded because VA failed to obtain relevant treatment records from various facilities as requested by the appellant, and additional medical opinions are needed to determine if the Veteran’s atherosclerotic disease was caused or aggravated by his in-service knee injury and whether it contributed to his death.
- Claimed conditions
- Intractable congestive heart failure, Ischemic bowel syndrome, Renal failure
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 7, 2020
- Citation
- 20032111
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
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- Denied
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- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for the Veteran's cause of death and Dependency and Indemnity Compensation under 38 USC 1318 due to a need for a medical opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's causes of death, considering toxic exposure at Camp Lejeune.
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