The Board remands the claim for service connection for the cause of death to obtain a medical opinion regarding the Veteran's symptoms in service and their potential relationship to his cause of death.
The deciding factor: A reasonable possibility exists that a medical opinion would have aided in substantiating the claim, given the Veteran's reported symptoms during service and after separation from service.
- Claimed conditions
- dissecting abdominal aortic aneurysm due to aortic atherosclerosis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 28, 2024
- Citation
- A24069343
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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