The veteran's claim is being remanded due to the inextricability of his CUE claim with the current appeal. The case will be returned for further development and consideration.
The deciding factor: The issue of clear and unmistakable error (CUE) is intertwined with the current effective date claim, necessitating its resolution first.
- Claimed conditions
- loss of use of a creative organ
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 28, 2001
- Citation
- 0105974
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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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- Dismissed
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- Granted
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- Denied
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