The Board has remanded the case to the RO for scheduling a hearing before a traveling Member of the Board and providing appropriate notice.
The deciding factor: The appellant requested another hearing, which was not previously addressed in the previous decisions. The Board is now instructing the RO to schedule this hearing as per her request.
- Claimed conditions
- gynecological disability, neuroglycopenia/reactive hypoglycemia, low back disability, left knee disability, left shoulder disability, right shoulder disability, rhinitis with retention cyst
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 3, 2002
- Citation
- 0211105
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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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