The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to scheduling issues for a hearing before the Board.
The deciding factor: The Veteran requested a videoconference hearing, which has been scheduled and must be conducted promptly.
- Claimed conditions
- nervous condition, hip condition, shoulder condition
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 6, 2010
- Citation
- 1000782
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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: Denied
The Board denied service connection for a shoulder condition, bilateral knee condition, and right hip condition. The Veteran's claims were based on current diagnoses of these conditions but the evidence did not support an in-service injury or disease.,The Board also noted that there was no nexus between the current disabilities and service due to lack of in-service complaints or injuries.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the appellant's motion to revise a September 1949 rating decision that denied service connection for a nervous condition, finding no CUE and concluding the denial was not erroneous.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to a duty to assist error, specifically regarding the etiology of the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorders. The AOJ must obtain SSA records and provide an addendum medical opinion addressing the onset and relationship of any diagnosed psychiatric disorder to service.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for hip, left knee, right knee, and neck conditions due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error. The Veteran is required to be provided with VA examinations to determine the nature and etiology of these disabilities.
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