The veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including VA examinations and consideration of the issues raised.
The deciding factor: The claims folder arrived in a disordered state and requires proper adjudication with an orderly sequence of actions.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic left ankle puncture wound residuals, chronic bilateral hearing loss disability, chronic right ear disorder to include eardrum puncture residuals, chronic post-operative cardiovascular disability to include coronary artery disease, posterior communicating artery aneurysm repair residuals, right craniotomy residuals, and endarterectomy residuals, right knee lesion
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 11, 2005
- Citation
- 0507136
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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.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for service connection for chronic bilateral hearing loss disability and chronic tinnitus have been withdrawn. The appeal for service connection for chronic head injury residuals is being remanded.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for tinnitus, but the Veteran's claim for bilateral hearing loss disability remains pending and will be remanded to the RO.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for additional development to obtain medical records and provide a VA examination to address the Veteran's claims of service connection for chronic low back disorder, bilateral hearing loss disability, and tinnitus.
- Denied
The Veteran's appeal for service connection for chronic bladder cancer claimed as the result of herbicide exposure was withdrawn. The Board granted service connection for chronic tinnitus, but denied service connection for chronic bilateral hearing loss disability and initial evaluation in excess of 30 percent for PTSD.
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