The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining relevant medical records and scheduling VA examinations.
The deciding factor: The decision is being remanded due to incomplete information and the need for further examination of the Veteran's claims.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee disability, left knee disability, gynecological disability, to include as manifested by ovarian cysts or residuals of ovarian cysts, gynecological disability, to include residuals of or as manifested by results of cervical biopsy/CIN I/CIN II, right shoulder disability, left shoulder disability, right leg numbness, left leg numbness, right foot numbness, left foot numbness, right upper extremity disability diagnosed during active service as carpal tunnel syndrome (claimed as right hand numbness), disability diagnosed during active service as left upper extremity carpal tunnel syndrome (claimed as left hand numbness)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 19, 2010
- Citation
- 1010470
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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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