The Board has remanded the claims for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 due to receipt of additional VA clinical documentation that was not initially considered.
The deciding factor: Additional relevant Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) treatment records have been received, and the Veteran did not waive their review.
- Claimed conditions
- pulmonary disability (including pneumonia with MRSA, bilateral pleural effusion, and respiratory failure), kidney disability (including kidney failure)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 1, 2022
- Citation
- 22031878
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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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