The veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for proper designation of his representative. The issues regarding service connection are not addressed as they were not specified in the original decision.
The deciding factor: The case was REMANDED because there was no executed form designating Disabled American Veterans (DAV) as the veteran's representative, and the RO needs to ensure procedural due process by notifying the veteran of this requirement.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a bayonet wound, left hand with deformity of the middle finger, heart disease, amoebic dysentery, peptic ulcer disease, rheumatoid arthritis, a condition manifested by lumbar and joint pain, a condition manifested by impaired vision, a condition manifested by impaired hearing, a condition manifested by dizziness and fatigability, a condition manifested by swelling of the lower extremities and numbness of the upper extremities
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 14, 2006
- Citation
- 0610726
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia, and systemic lupus erythematosus as there was no evidence of onset during active service or etiological relationship to an in-service injury, event, or disease.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for rheumatoid arthritis, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor based on chronic symptoms shown during service and continuity of those symptoms since service.
- Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for rheumatoid arthritis was dismissed due to a untimely notice of disagreement. The left knee disorder claim is remanded for further action.
- Partly granted
The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of a 70 percent rating for PTSD and granted an effective date of May 31, 2004, but no earlier, for the award of a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU).
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