The Board has determined that additional development is needed to properly adjudicate the appellant's claims, including obtaining medical opinions and evidence.
The deciding factor: Additional information and clarification are required before a decision can be made on the service connection claims.
- Claimed conditions
- memory loss, cognitive disorder or undiagnosed illness manifested by memory loss, diffuse joint pains, right knee disability including degenerative arthritis, left knee disability including degenerative arthritis, right hip disability including degenerative arthritis, left hip disability including degenerative arthritis, back disability including degenerative arthritis of the lumbosacral spine
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 29, 2010
- Citation
- 1004399
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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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Dismissed
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- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including prostate gland injuries, sleep apnea, DM, and hypertension, as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were related to the Veteran's military service. The application to readjudicate previously denied claims for memory loss, teeth removal, and eye defects was also denied.
- Dismissed
The veteran's appeal requests were not timely filed, and good cause was not shown to accept the late filings.
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