The Board has remanded the case for scheduling a 'Travel Board' hearing. The appeal is currently in process and no effective date or rating assigned has been determined yet.
The deciding factor: The appellant's request for a 'Travel Board' hearing was not addressed, necessitating further development including scheduling of such a hearing.
- Claimed conditions
- defective hearing, tinnitus, migraine headaches, sinusitis, residuals of a lumbar spine injury, pyelonephritis, laceration scar of the left hand
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 28, 2002
- Citation
- 0207060
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What this means for you
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