The Board has ordered the case back to the RO for further development, including verification of service and a VA examination. The claim will be reconsidered based on the new evidence.
The deciding factor: Verification of service is necessary to determine eligibility for benefits.
- Claimed conditions
- impaired hearing, diseases of the ear
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 22, 2003
- Citation
- 0309748
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,515 · Granted: 20% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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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- Granted
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