The Veteran's appeal is remanded for further development, including obtaining an addendum medical opinion regarding his blood disability and the issues of service connection, compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151, and SMC.
The deciding factor: The Board finds that the claims are inextricably intertwined with the need to obtain a reasoned medical opinion on the Veteran's blood disability and its relationship to his service, VA treatment, or other factors.
- Claimed conditions
- blood disability
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 28, 2024
- Citation
- 24032287
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,902 · Granted: 11% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
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The Board has found that there was not substantial compliance with the June 2021 Board remand and thus, the claims are being remanded for further development.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Board dismissed all the issues on appeal due to the death of the appellant and her designated substitute.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded to the RO for consideration of new evidence associated with his claims file.
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