The Board has remanded the case for additional development due to insufficient evidence regarding whether any current nasal and vascular disabilities are related to service.
The deciding factor: There is conflicting evidence regarding the onset of the Veteran's current nasal and vascular disabilities, including possible pre-existing conditions and in-service aggravation or symptomatology.
- Claimed conditions
- Nasal disability, Vascular disability of the lower extremities
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 27, 2010
- Citation
- 1032260
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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.
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- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for a right ankle disability secondary to the Veteran's service-connected foot disability.,However, the claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for a nasal disability was denied due to lack of evidence showing VA negligence or fault.
- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a nasal disability and a right ankle disability, finding that the evidence did not support a causal relationship to service.
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