The Board has remanded the case for additional development due to missing VA medical records and Social Security Administration disability determination.
The deciding factor: The claims folder is incomplete, lacking recent VA medical records and the SSA's denial of benefits records.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a bilateral knee disability, residuals of a low back injury, epididymo-orchitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 22, 2008
- Citation
- 0828614
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for epididymo-orchitis to obtain an adequate medical opinion.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of a low back injury is remanded due to the need for additional evidence, including SSA records and medical records from Brackenridge Hospital in Austin, Texas, and UVA Hospital System.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not preclude him from securing or following substantially gainful employment, and the criteria for TDIU have not been met.
- Denied
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for epididymo-orchitis and a separate rating for varicoceles were denied. The Veteran was granted a separate 10 percent rating for varicoceles, but the claim for an increased rating for epididymo-orchitis was not granted.
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