The veteran's claims for increased ratings and TDIU are being remanded due to the need for compliance with VCAA notice and duty-to-assist provisions.
The deciding factor: The decision is being remanded because the VA has not fulfilled its obligations under the Veterans Claims Assistance Act of 2000 (VCAA) regarding notification and assistance in developing evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- urethral stricture with prostatitis, bilateral nephrolithiasis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 26, 2004
- Citation
- 0413425
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,514 · Granted: 19% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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 Veteran's service-connected disabilities are rated at 100 percent combined, and the Board finds that these conditions reasonably preclude his participation in substantially gainful employment.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for ocular histoplasmosis, bilateral nephrolithiasis, an acquired psychiatric disorder (anxiety and depression), renal disease, and mediastinal obstructive syndrome as secondary to exposure to Histoplasma capsulatum on active duty.
- Denied
The Veteran's claims for service connection for kidney stones (bilateral nephrolithiasis) and a liver disorder were denied. The Board found that the current disabilities did not meet the criteria for service connection based on lack of in-service injury or disease, absence of continuity of symptoms since separation from service, and inability to establish a nexus between any current disability and service.
- Denied
The Board found that the Veteran's service-connected conditions did not contribute to his death, and denied the claim for service connection for the cause of death.
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