The veteran's claim for service connection for an ear disability is being remanded due to the need for additional medical examination.
The deciding factor: There is insufficient evidence regarding whether the veteran's current ear disability had its onset in or is related to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- ear disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 21, 2008
- Citation
- 0835989
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and remanded the claims for an ear disability, headaches, chronic back pain, and chronic right shoulder pain for further development.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Veteran's claims for service connection for hearing loss and tinnitus were denied. The claims for an initial compensable rating for rhinitis, service connection for ear disability, and pes planus bilateral were remanded.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for both an ear disability and a neck disability because there is no evidence of a current diagnosis or symptoms related to these conditions.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's claims for service connection have been dismissed as the evidence does not support a finding of in-service onset or continuity of symptoms for any of the claimed conditions.
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