The Board has remanded the case to the RO for further proceedings, including scheduling a VA examination and requesting clarification of the veteran's employment history. The veteran is unemployable due to his service-connected disabilities as a whole.
The deciding factor: The veteran was not provided with an appropriate VA examination addressing all of his service-connected disabilities and their impact on his employability.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative joint disease of the lumbar spine, Degenerative joint disease of the cervical spine, Multiple scars of the instep of the left foot and calf, Right shoulder bursitis, Bilateral hearing loss, Tinnitus, Residual of shell fragment wound, scar of the right ankle, Residual of shell fragment wound, right lower extremity (sural nerve involvement), Maxillary sinusitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 15, 2007
- Citation
- 0736033
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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.
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- Granted
The Veteran's claim for a low back disorder was reopened, and his claims for increased ratings of bilateral knee instability were granted. His hearing loss claim was denied.
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