The Board remands the issue of service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death due to an overall dearth of medical evidence and the Appellant's failure to provide necessary authorizations for private treatment records.
The deciding factor: The lack of cooperation from the Appellant in providing necessary authorizations for private treatment records necessitates a remand for additional development.
- Claimed conditions
- Hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, Cause of death: hemorrhagic stroke
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 29, 2024
- Citation
- 24004340
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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