The Veteran is seeking to reopen a claim for service connection for right ear infections and also seeks service connection for left ear infections. The case must be remanded due to the need for proper VCAA notice, as well as issuance of a supplemental statement of the case with regard to additional medical records.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claims require proper development under the Veterans Claims Assistance Act (VCAA) and consideration of all submitted evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- right ear infections, left ear infections
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 25, 2010
- Citation
- 1003530
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for right ear infections and a compensable rating for cranial neuropathy of facial nerve (VII) and xerostomia.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeals of duty to assist errors for diabetes mellitus, type II, left ear infections, bilateral upper and lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, and tinnitus as they were not final decisions.
- Denied
The Board denied an effective date prior to November 14, 2008 for the grant of a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU). The earliest indication of a TDIU claim in the Veteran's record was the November 2008 correspondence.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's petition to reopen his claim of entitlement to service connection for right ear infections and otitis media because no new and relevant evidence was presented.
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