The veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded due to incomplete records and the need for additional examinations. The increased rating claims are also being remanded.
The deciding factor: Incomplete medical records and the need for further examination to determine etiology and extent of conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative Joint Disease Of The Knees, Bladder Cancer, Arteriosclerotic Heart Disease
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 28, 2007
- Citation
- 0740843
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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.
- Granted
The Veteran's hypertension was granted a 10 percent rating for the period prior to August 10, 2022. The Veteran's bladder cancer received a 100 percent rating from March 7, 2018 until September 8, 2018.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for bladder cancer effective from December 16, 2005, finding that the Veteran had a claim pending since then.
- Granted
The Veteran's psychiatric disability, hypertension, and bladder cancer are granted service connection. The Board has remanded the cases for further development regarding herbicide exposure claims.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected PTSD is granted a 100% rating, and the appeal for an increased rating of their service-connected cardiac condition is dismissed. The Veteran is also granted TDIU based on their service-connected PTSD.
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