The Board has remanded the claims for additional development due to incomplete records from the Providence VA Medical Center.
The deciding factor: Incomplete medical records from the Providence VAMC were not obtained as requested in the previous remand.
- Claimed conditions
- tremors, neurobehavioral effects, gastrointestinal disability, hepatic steatosis, renal disability, renal toxicity
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 18, 2022
- Citation
- 22041055
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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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
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- Granted
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- Dismissed
Your appeals for service connection for depression and tremors have been dismissed due to the Veteran's death. The Board cannot issue a decision on these claims as they are no longer pending.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claim for service connection of a gastrointestinal disability due to procedural issues and will consider any additional evidence provided by the RO.
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