The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete service records and the need for further development, including obtaining STRs and notifying the veteran of his rights regarding the claim.
The deciding factor: Incomplete service records prevented a thorough review of the case.
- Claimed conditions
- lip injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 15, 2008
- Citation
- 0843160
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for a lip injury is granted. The claims for service connection for dental disabilities are remanded.
- Granted
The Veteran's claims of service connection for bilateral flat feet, acquired psychiatric condition, lip injury, left shoulder condition, hypertension, and back condition have been reopened due to the submission of new and material evidence. The claims are granted in part.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that additional action is needed to obtain the veteran's service medical records and VA treatment records. The claim for service connection for lip injury will be remanded for further development.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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