The veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded due to the need for additional development, including a VA examination by an oncologist.
The deciding factor: Further medical evaluation is required to determine the cause of the conditions at issue and establish a link between the veteran's military service and her current health issues.
- Claimed conditions
- right radical nephrectomy, excision of left parathyroid adenoma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 1, 2007
- Citation
- 0712855
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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
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- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for right radical nephrectomy, secondary to renal cell carcinoma of the right kidney and PTSD. The Board found no evidence linking these conditions to service or presumed Agent Orange exposure.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for his service-connected coronary artery disease, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on the severity of his condition.
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