The veteran's appeal is being remanded to schedule a Travel Board hearing. The case will be returned for further proceedings.
The deciding factor: The veteran failed to appear for an initial scheduled RO hearing and has not requested a different type of hearing, so the case must be returned to the RO to arrange a Travel Board hearing.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hand and leg disorders
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 23, 2003
- Citation
- 0336259
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board finds that the veteran's bilateral hand and leg disorders are not proximately due to or the result of his service-connected fibromyositis of the lumbar muscles, nor are they related to any injury or disease incurred in service. Therefore, service connection for these conditions is denied.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case to the RO for scheduling a Travel Board hearing. The veteran's appeal will be returned to the Board after the hearing is conducted or he withdraws his request.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's headaches are at least as likely as not caused by his service-connected traumatic brain injury, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for hypertension and peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral upper and lower extremities due to insufficient medical opinions regarding their etiology.
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