The veteran's appeal is being remanded for scheduling a personal hearing at the RO before a Decision Review Officer.
The deciding factor: Due process requires that the veteran be given an opportunity to testify at a personal hearing before his case can proceed further.
- Claimed conditions
- traumatic arthritis of the lumbar spine, traumatic arthritis and traumatic disc disease of the cervical spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 10, 2004
- Citation
- 0432769
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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
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- Granted
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