The appeal is being remanded for further development and compliance with the Veterans Claims Assistance Act of 2000 (VCAA). The veteran's claims for service connection for sexual dysfunction and special monthly compensation based on loss of use of a creative organ will be reconsidered.
The deciding factor: Further development is needed to comply with VCAA requirements, including providing proper notice and assistance to the veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- sexual dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 15, 2004
- Citation
- 0401526
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Decisions by this judge: 2,669 · Granted: 23% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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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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