The Veteran's appeal involves multiple service connection claims for various conditions, including hepatitis C, abdominal disability, head injury/concussion, eye injury/abrasion, black widow spider bite, and asbestos exposure-related disabilities. The case is being remanded to obtain additional medical records and conduct further examinations.
The deciding factor: The decision indicates that the Veteran's appeal involves multiple service connection claims for various conditions, including hepatitis C, abdominal disability, head injury/concussion, eye injury/abrasion, black widow spider bite, and asbestos exposure-related disabilities. The case is being remanded to obtain additional medical records and conduct further examinations.
- Claimed conditions
- hepatitis C, chronic abdominal disability, residuals of a head injury/concussion, residuals of an eye injury/abrasion, black widow spider bite, chronic bilateral ankle disability, chronic bilateral hip disability, chronic bilateral shoulder disability, chronic bilateral leg disability, chronic disability as a residual of a heat injury, hypertension (also claimed as a heart murmur), renal cysts, both kidneys, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (claimed as sarcoma) as a result of exposure to asbestos, chronic eye disability as a result of exposure to asbestos, dupuytren's right hand (claimed as bilateral hand pain and carpal tunnel syndrome), bipartite patella, right knee (claimed as right knee injury), chronic left knee disability (claimed as the residual of left knee injuries)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 21, 2009
- Citation
- 0935270
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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
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- Granted
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