The Board has determined that additional medical examinations and opinions are needed to properly adjudicate the Veteran's claims for service connection due to the complexity of her conditions and their potential relationship to her active duty service.
The deciding factor: The current nature, extent, and etiology of the Veteran's claimed conditions need further clarification through medical examination and opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of frostbite of the left foot, residuals of frostbite of the right foot, residuals of frostbite of the left hand, residuals of frostbite of the right hand, left knee condition, right knee condition, right wrist condition, low back condition, esophagitis reflux, right eye injury (presumed to be a right eye condition), cervical spine injury, inner ear disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 5, 2010
- Citation
- 1005400
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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.
- Partly granted
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- Dismissed
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- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for service connection were dismissed due to untimely filing of the Board Appeal requests.
- Partly granted
The appeal for service connection for allergic rhinitis and lumbosacral or cervical strain was dismissed due to untimeliness, while the other issues were remanded for further evidence.
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