The veteran's appeal is being remanded for further development and consideration of his claims, including the potential need for extraschedular review.
The deciding factor: The VA has not addressed the extent to which the veteran's service-connected disabilities render him unemployable.
- Claimed conditions
- left chest plaque, bilateral exophthalmos with lagophthalmos, dry eye syndrome and diplopia, residuals of a thyroidectomy, residuals of a fracture of the left ankle with traumatic arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 15, 2006
- Citation
- 0604275
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Decisions by this judge: 2,242 · Granted: 24% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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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 has been dismissed due to the appellant withdrawing her appeal.
- Granted
The Board has restored the Veteran's disability rating for residuals of a thyroidectomy from 100 percent to effective May 1, 2006.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the appeal due to a withdrawal request from the appellant.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for anemia, exposure to Agent Orange, and increased evaluations for diabetes mellitus, thyroidectomy residuals, peripheral neuropathy of the upper and lower extremities. Service connection was granted for residuals of a thyroidectomy with a noncompensable rating.
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