The Board remands the veteran's claims for service connection for various disabilities, including those claimed as due to herbicide exposure and secondary to radiation treatment for a service-connected condition.
The deciding factor: Further development is necessary to obtain additional evidence and provide appropriate examinations before a decision can be made on these claims.
- Claimed conditions
- Defective hearing in the left ear, Headaches, Right shoulder disability, Multiple joint pain, Lung disorder, Eye disorder, Back disability, Bilateral hand disabilities, Bilateral leg disabilities, Sinusitis, Skin disorder, Heart disorder, Loss of teeth, Fatigue, weakness, and numbness of the body
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 10, 2008
- Citation
- 0811895
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.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an initial rating of 20 percent for right lower extremity (RLE) radiculopathy but remanded the back disability claim for further development.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for increased ratings for right and left shoulder disabilities, as the evidence did not support a higher rating under applicable criteria.
- Partly granted
The Board granted readjudication of previously denied claims for service connection for PTSD and COPD, while remanding other issues including entitlement to service connection for an eye disorder, hypertension, tinnitus, a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss, TDIU, and an initial rating for PTSD.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for asbestosis, bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), rhinitis, sinusitis, and asthma. The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss was also denied a compensable rating.
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