The Board has remanded the case due to the appellant's request for a Travel Board hearing. The case will be returned to the Board after the hearing is conducted.
The deciding factor: The appellant requested a travel board hearing, which must be scheduled by the RO in accordance with applicable procedures.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of an appendectomy, including painful scarring
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 20, 2006
- Citation
- 0611383
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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 issues of increased ratings for residuals of an appendectomy and appendectomy scars were dismissed due to a procedural error in the form used by the Veteran.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matter for an additional medical opinion to address the Veteran's contentions regarding negligence during surgeries.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for residuals of an appendectomy was reopened and granted service connection. The Board found that the evidence is at least in equipoise as to whether the Veteran had an appendectomy during service, thus granting service connection.,Service connection for PVD was denied because the evidence did not show a relationship between the condition and service or secondary to service-connected pes planus. The VA examiner opined that the PVD was related to diabetes rather than service or service-connected conditions.,The Veteran's shoulder condition claim was denied as there is no direct link to service, nor can it be considered secondary to service-connected pes planus. The Board found insufficient evidence of a current disability and lack of nexus opinions from medical professionals.,Service connection for the left leg or knee condition was also denied due to insufficient evidence showing a relationship between the Veteran's in-service activities and his current condition. The VA examiner concluded that there is no direct service connection, nor can it be considered secondary to service-connected pes planus.,The Veteran's claim for shortness of breath was denied as he did not provide sufficient evidence or argument regarding any in-service event, disease, or injury related to the symptom.
- Denied
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