The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for various conditions due to incomplete medical records. The Veteran is asked to provide authorization forms for Brick Hospital, Ocean Medical Center, and Dr. Chulie.
The deciding factor: Incomplete medical records require further action to obtain them from the identified facilities.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a lower back condition, an acquired psychiatric disorder, a bilateral knee condition, residuals of a right shoulder condition, traumatic brain injury, migraine headaches, a right ankle condition, a heart condition
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 8, 2020
- Citation
- 20065612
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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- Granted
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- Partly granted
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