The Board has ordered a hearing before RO personnel to address the veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of venereal disease. The case will be returned to the RO after the hearing.
The deciding factor: The decision is pending due to the need for a hearing as requested by the veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of venereal disease
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 6, 2003
- Citation
- 0330639
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to incomplete records from his time in prison. The AOJ is instructed to obtain all relevant medical records, including those from June 1988 to December 1990 and February 1995 to the present.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that additional development is needed to determine the etiology of the Veteran's claimed disabilities, including low back disability, residuals of frostbite of bilateral feet, residuals of venereal disease, and residuals of head trauma. The claims are being remanded for further examination and opinion.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has ordered additional development to obtain correctional facility treatment records and an opinion regarding the etiology of bilateral hearing loss. The appeal is being remanded for these purposes.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claimed residuals of venereal disease, including erectile dysfunction and nocturia, were not present during his active duty or for years thereafter, nor have these conditions been causally or etiologically related to his service.
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