The Veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded due to incomplete medical records from the VA Medical Center in Leavenworth, Kansas. The AMC/RO must obtain these records and review the claims.
The deciding factor: Incomplete treatment records from the VA Medical Center in Leavenworth, Kansas prevent a thorough evaluation of the Veteran's claims for service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hand disorder, bilateral elbow disorder, bilateral shoulder disorder, bilateral hip disorder, bilateral knee disorder, residuals of a bilateral ankle injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 30, 2009
- Citation
- 0916176
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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 has remanded the claims for a VA examination and medical opinion to determine if the Veteran's low back disorder and bilateral hip disorder are related to his service-connected Crohn's disease.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for a thoracolumbar spine disability, but denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss disorder, gout, multiple painful joints, bilateral ankle disorder, bilateral knee disorder, and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).
- Granted
The Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral elbow disorder, bilateral hearing loss, and residuals of a neck injury have been granted. The claim for sleep apnea has been withdrawn.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for bilateral shoulder, elbow, wrist, and hip disorders due to a lack of current diagnoses in the medical records.
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