The Board remands the claim for service connection of Paget's disease to obtain additional records and a dose estimate from the Under Secretary for Health.
The deciding factor: Further development is required due to potential exposure to ionizing radiation during military service, but current evidence is insufficient to establish service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- Paget's disease
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 28, 2024
- Citation
- 24032290
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board grants service connection for Paget's disease, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of a right thumb injury, Paget's disease, hypertension, erectile dysfunction (secondary to hypertension), and kidney disease (secondary to hypertension) as there was no evidence that any of these conditions began during active service or were otherwise related to an in-service injury or disease.
- Dismissed
The veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection for lumbar spine degenerative arthritis and Paget's disease.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for Paget's disease, an earlier effective date for obstructive sleep apnea, and increased ratings for obstructive sleep apnea. The claims for service connection for erectile dysfunction, right knee condition, left knee condition, periodontal disease, and headache condition were remanded.
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