The veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional examination and development of his claims, including consideration of new evidence.
The deciding factor: Additional medical evaluation is needed to determine the current severity of the veteran's service-connected disabilities and whether they warrant higher initial evaluations.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative joint disease of both knees, degenerative joint disease of the right knee, degenerative joint disease of the left knee, lumbar spine syndesmophyte with anterolateral bony osteophytosis at L2, L3, L4, and L5, cervical spine strain with paramedial herniated nucleus pulposus and impingement, post-operative residuals of the right shoulder, bronchitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 22, 2006
- Citation
- 0630006
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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 bronchitis, COPD, asthma, and plantar fasciitis as not being related to the Veteran's military service. The Board also denied an increased rating for painful malunion of the left clavicle, compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the claims for service connection for bronchitis, COPD, asthma, compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for OSA, and an increased rating higher than 20 percent for painful malunion of the left clavicle.
- Dismissed
The veteran's appeal for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, asthma, and bronchitis was dismissed as the Board Appeal request was not timely filed.
- Denied
The Board denied an increased rating for bronchitis and an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection, as the evidence did not support a higher rating or an earlier effective date.
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