The Board has ordered further development due to the need for additional evidence. The case is now remanded back to the RO for obtaining medical records from VA and non-VA providers.
The deciding factor: Further development is required as requested by the court in DAV v. Secretary of Veterans Affairs, which invalidated previous regulations allowing Board members to develop evidence without remanding to the AOJ.
- Claimed conditions
- rhinosinusitis, chronic prostatitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 10, 2003
- Citation
- 0334517
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted an effective date of January 19, 2016, for the award of service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome, cluster headaches, back muscle pain, rhinosinusitis, and right knee painful joint.
- Partly granted
Service connection for prostate cancer on an accrued basis was granted based on the benefit-of-the-doubt doctrine, finding competent and credible evidence at least approximately balanced between service-connected prostatitis and prostate cancer. Service connection was denied for stomach cancer, colon cancer, skin cancer, the Veteran's cause of death, and dependency indemnity compensation benefits.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's service connection for rhinosinusitis was granted based on a presumption of exposure to fine particulate matter during his service in Kuwait. The appeal regarding the back disability is remanded for further development.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 60 percent disability rating for chronic prostatitis prior to July 30, 2021, and denied a higher rating from that date. The Board also granted entitlement to TDIU.
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