The Board has found that the Veteran's March 6, 2008 Notice of Disagreement was timely and remanded the cases for preparation of a Statement of the Case (SOC). The SOC should address earlier effective date for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and service connection for hepatitis C, left upper extremity neuropathy, and sickle cell anemia.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the RO erroneously issued a Supplemental Statement of the Case instead of a Statement of the Case, necessitating remand to prepare and issue a proper SOC.
- Claimed conditions
- non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, hepatitis C, left upper extremity neuropathy, sickle cell anemia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 11, 2024
- Citation
- 24001931
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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.
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