The Board has ordered additional development due to the lack of examination for certain disabilities and remanded the case back to the RO for further action.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations did not address all of the Veteran's nonservice-connected disabilities, which is necessary for determining his eligibility for non-service-connected pension benefits.
- Claimed conditions
- stress, physical pains, bilateral shoulder disability, ocular hypertension, hypertriglyceridemia, mixed hyperlipidemia, bone marrow edema of the left proximal femur, joint pain involving the ankle and foot
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 4, 2010
- Citation
- 1008074
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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
The Board denied service connection for Parkinson's disease, emphysema, muscle cramps, bilateral shoulder disability, and neck disability. However, it granted service connection for peripheral vascular disease and asthma.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for multiple disabilities, including bilateral wrist, ankle, foot, shoulder, allergic rhinitis, sinusitis, lumbosacral spine, and carpal tunnel syndrome, as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were related to active service.
- Dismissed
The appeal concerning the issues of entitlement to service connection for a right knee disability, a bilateral shoulder disability, hematuria, and a neck disability, and increased ratings for hemorrhoids and a left abdomen scar is dismissed.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for multiple conditions, including fatigue, bilateral eye disability, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, GERD, penile condition, left foot disability, and others. Some claims were remanded for further development.
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