The Board remands the claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for a heart attack due to insufficient evidence and failure to comply with prior remand directives.
The deciding factor: Remand is required to obtain additional private treatment records from UNMC and an adequate medical opinion addressing the etiology of the Veteran's heart attack.
- Claimed conditions
- Heart attack
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 1, 2021
- Citation
- 21061367
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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