The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining a VA examination and considering theories of service connection such as secondary to her service-connected Crohn's disease.
The deciding factor: The case requires further medical evaluation to determine the nature and etiology of the Veteran's claimed disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- vision disability, joint pain disability, ulcers of the hands, feet, and ankles, enlarged kidney disability, pancreas disability, gynecological disability, chronic weakness and dizziness, hair loss
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 22, 2010
- Citation
- 1027327
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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 granted service connection for hair loss and preexisting migraines, but denied initial compensable evaluations for allergic rhinitis and left eustachian tube dysfunction.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for further development to determine the nature and etiology of the Veteran's pancreas disability, including whether it is related to service or secondary to his service-connected diabetes mellitus type II.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection and increased ratings due to insufficient evidence to evaluate the claims adequately.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various disabilities, including abnormal weight loss, a bladder disability, blockage of the neck arteries, and others. The evidence did not support a finding that any of these conditions were related to the Veteran's active service.
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