BVA9505653 
DOCKET NO.  93-04 010     )       DATE
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On appeal from the decision of the
Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Louisville,
Kentucky

THE ISSUE

Entitlement to service connection for a heart disease.

REPRESENTATION

Appellant represented by: Kentucky Division of Veterans
Affairs

ATTORNEY FOR THE BOARD

Richard V. Chamberlain, Counsel

INTRODUCTION

The veteran served on active duty from August 1972 to August
1976.

This appeal arises from a May 1992 rating decision by the
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Regional Office (RO) in
Louisville, Kentucky, that denied service connection for a heart
disease.  The Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board) remanded the
case to the RO in March 1994 for additional development, and the
case was returned to the Board in January 1995.

In 1994, the veteran submitted another claim for service
connection for alcoholism.  He had previously requested service
connection for alcoholism in the appeal filed in 1992, and the
Board brought this matter to the attention of the RO in the March
1994 remand.  The claim for service connection for alcoholism has
still not been adjudicated by the RO, and it is again brought to
the attention of the originating agency for appropriate action.

REMAND

VA and non-VA medical records were received since the issuance of
the statement of the case that have not been reviewed by the RO,
and the veteran has not waived initial consideration of these
records by the originating agency.  Due process requires that the
RO consider all relevant records and provide the veteran and his
representative with an appropriate supplemental statement of the
case.  38 C.F.R. § 20.1304(c) (1994).

In view of the foregoing, the case is REMANDED to the RO for the
following action:

The RO should consider all the evidence of
record and review the claim.  If the claim
is denied, a supplemental statement of the
case should be provided to the veteran and
his representative, covering all evidence
received since the issuance of the
statement of the case.

After the veteran and his representative are given an opportunity
to respond to the supplemental statement of the case, the file
should be returned to the Board.

          J. E. DAY
          Member, Board of Veterans' Appeals

The Board of Veterans' Appeals Administrative Procedures
Improvement Act, Pub. L. No. 103-271, § 6, 108 Stat. 740, ___
(1994), permits a proceeding instituted before the Board to be
assigned to an individual member of the Board for a
determination.  This proceeding has been assigned to an
individual member of the Board.

Under 38 U.S.C.A. § 7252 (West 1991), only a decision of the
Board of Veterans' Appeals is appealable to the United States
Court of Veterans Appeals.  This remand is in the nature of a
preliminary order and does not constitute a decision of the Board
on the merits of your appeal.  38 C.F.R. § 20.1100(b) (1994).