The Board has remanded the claims for additional development due to concerns about informed consent and potential additional disabilities resulting from VA medical care.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for additional development, including obtaining records and providing an addendum opinion regarding informed consent and potential additional disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- back surgery residuals, lower extremity neuropathy, heart disability (atrial fibrillation), toxic thyroid goiter and residuals of thyroidectomy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 19, 2023
- Citation
- 23066727
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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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- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal was dismissed due to their death, and no service connection decisions were made.
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