The veteran's appeal is being remanded to obtain additional records from SSA, which may affect the outcome of his claim for a compensable disability rating for renal colic.
The deciding factor: The VA needs to obtain the veteran's Social Security Administration (SSA) disability benefits file to ensure all relevant medical records are considered in evaluating his claim.
- Claimed conditions
- renal colic
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 1, 2008
- Citation
- 0825858
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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 found no evidence of current renal colic or stones, and concluded that the Veteran's current chronic renal insufficiency is not due to his service-connected renal colic. Therefore, a compensable disability rating for renal colic was denied.
- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has ordered additional development to determine the cause of the veteran's death and whether his treatment for service-connected disabilities contributed to his suicide.
- Denied
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