The Board has determined that further development is necessary before the claims can be fully adjudicated. This includes obtaining medical records and scheduling VA examinations for the veteran's pyelonephritis and verrucae of the hands.
The deciding factor: Further development is required to ensure all relevant evidence is considered, including obtaining medical records and conducting appropriate VA examinations.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic pyelonephritis, verrucae of the hands
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 24, 2005
- Citation
- 0514121
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the cases of service connection for chronic pyelonephritis and an increased disability rating in excess of 10 percent for service-connected anaphylaxis due to insufficient medical opinions. The effective date issue is not addressed as it does not involve service connection.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed all service connection claims due to the appellant's request for withdrawal of the appeal.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeal due to the Veteran's death, as it has no jurisdiction to adjudicate the merits of this case.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's service connection claim for a back disorder remains pending and is not addressed in this decision.,His initial ratings for chronic cystitis have been granted, with effective dates ranging from September 15, 1999 to December 22, 2011. The current rating of 30 percent applies since December 22, 2011.
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