The veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for a travel board hearing. The specific issues of evaluating neurogenic bladder dysfunction and bowel dysfunction are still pending.
The deciding factor: The case requires further action including scheduling a hearing before a member of the Board sitting at the RO.
- Claimed conditions
- neurogenic bladder dysfunction, neurogenic bowel dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 22, 2005
- Citation
- 0504758
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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.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for neurogenic bowel dysfunction as a secondary condition to the Veteran's service-connected back disability.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for neurogenic bladder dysfunction, finding that it is related to the Veteran's service-connected back disability.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected adjustment disorder with anxiety is granted a 70 percent rating, effective from the date of the June 2020 rating decision. The ratings for neurogenic bladder dysfunction and gastroesophageal reflux disease remain denied.
- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral knee disability, neuropathic bowel dysfunction, neurogenic bladder dysfunction, and left lower extremity sciatica. The VA examiner found that these disabilities are not related to his military service.
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