The Board has remanded the case for further development, including a VA examination to determine if any renal disorder is related to service-connected multiple sclerosis or military service.
The deciding factor: The examiner should provide an opinion on whether any renal disorder is causally or etiologically related to military service, service-connected multiple sclerosis (or medications taken for the service-connected disability), and if so, whether it was aggravated by the service-connected condition.
- Claimed conditions
- renal disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 10, 2004
- Citation
- 0412102
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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 denied service connection for diabetes mellitus and renal disorder to include as secondary to diabetes mellitus, finding that the Veteran's current disabilities did not have their onset in service or are otherwise related to his military service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection and increased ratings are being remanded due to the need for additional development, including examinations and opinions regarding his renal disorder, erectile dysfunction, lumbar spine disability, right lower extremity radiculopathy, TDIU, and SMC.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's petition to reopen his service connection claim for a renal disorder, finding that new and material evidence was not received. The Veteran had no current diagnosis of a chronic renal condition during or after military service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the cases for further development, including obtaining SSA records and any relevant private or VA treatment records.
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