The Board remands the matters for additional development, including obtaining updated VA treatment records and records from the Veteran's Community Care program.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary to obtain additional evidence and ensure all relevant medical records are considered.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral pinguecula, High blood pressure, Brain tumor
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 19, 2024
- Citation
- 24003028
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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- Denied
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