The veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of a cold injury, including arthritis and numbness in the lower extremities, a back disorder, and a heart disorder is being remanded due to scheduling an RO hearing.
The deciding factor: The veteran requested a travel board hearing which has been scheduled.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a cold injury, arthritis and numbness in the lower extremities, a back disorder, a heart disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 2, 2006
- Citation
- 0603016
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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 appeal for service connection claims was dismissed due to the untimeliness of the VA Form 10182 filed in May 2021, which did not meet the one-year filing period after receiving notice of the April 2018 and September 2018 decisions.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), headaches, tinnitus, a back disorder, right knee and leg arthritis, left knee and leg arthritis, right hand arthritis, left hand arthritis, right ankle arthritis, and left ankle arthritis as they are at least as likely as not related to active-duty service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to errors in obtaining relevant records and conducting necessary examinations. The Veteran is required to provide additional medical evidence, including SSA disability benefits records, and undergo VA examinations for his claimed conditions.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the appeals of the deferred claims for hearing loss, PTSD, and a back disorder as they do not constitute an adjudicative determination from which an appeal may be filed.
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