The Board has determined that additional development is needed for the veteran's claims, including reviewing new VA treatment records and providing proper notice regarding what constitutes new and material evidence.
The deciding factor: Additional development is required due to the receipt of new VA treatment records and the need to provide appropriate notice regarding the requirements to reopen service connection claims.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee chondromalacia, lumbosacral spine disorder, Hepatitis C, osteomyelitis of the left heel with callus and pain, residuals of gonorrhea, nervous disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 28, 2007
- Citation
- 0705702
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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 a compensable initial rating for Hepatitis C, finding that the Veteran's condition was asymptomatic and did not meet the criteria for any higher rating.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has granted service connection for right ear hearing loss and has remanded the claims for hypertension, left knee disability, and right knee disability due to duty to assist errors.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's Hepatitis C with cirrhosis is related to service, and therefore grants service connection for these conditions.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for lumbar spine degenerative disc disease, left knee chondromalacia, and right knee chondromalacia, finding that the Veteran's conditions are etiologically related to injuries sustained in service from parachute jumps.
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