The Veteran is seeking service connection for various conditions, including back and neck disorders, foot and hand conditions, skin condition, sleep apnea, respiratory disorder, blood disorder, and pericarditis. The appeal will be remanded to obtain additional medical records and ensure all claims are properly considered.
The deciding factor: The appeal requires further development of the record to include obtaining VA treatment records from Loma Linda VAMC and Palm Desert CBOC, as well as any Agent Orange registry examination report for the Veteran's claimed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative disc disease, status post laminectomy, L5-S1, Cervical discopathy, status post discectomy, Bilateral foot condition, Bilateral hand condition, Skin condition, Sleep apnea, Respiratory condition (shortness of breath), Blood disorder (claudication and deep vein thrombosis), Pericarditis
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 19, 2009
- Citation
- 0923169
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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 Veteran's claims for sleep apnea and acquired psychiatric disorder (including PTSD) due to insufficient evidence of record. The Veteran is required to undergo VA examinations to determine if his conditions are related to service.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including bilateral pes planus with hammer toes, hallux valgus and degenerative arthritis, sleep apnea, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and bilateral kidney cysts, rendered him unable to secure or follow gainful employment. The Board granted the TDIU based on these conditions.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew the claims for psychiatric disability and sleep apnea.,Service connection was granted for right lower extremity radiculopathy and left lower extremity radiculopathy secondary to a service-connected back disability, but denied for right wrist disability.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for Squamous cell carcinoma of mouth and a skin condition due to inadequate medical opinions and potential exposure to toxins during service.
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