The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for issuance of a SOC addressing his entitlement to an effective date prior to December 29, 2004, for the award of a permanent and total disability rating for pension purposes. Additionally, he is scheduled for hearings before a VA hearing officer and a Veterans Law Judge sitting at the RO.
The deciding factor: The Veteran has submitted timely NODs with adverse decisions but the RO has not yet issued SOC addressing all issues or scheduled the requested hearings.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic right hip disorder, chronic thoracic spine disorder (claimed as scoliosis), chronic left hip disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 18, 2010
- Citation
- 1038835
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various musculoskeletal disorders and granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence and need for further medical opinions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for further development and an opinion regarding whether the Veteran's lumbar spine disorder is related to his service-connected bilateral knee disabilities.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for further development, including a VA examination to assess the likelihood of aggravation of his pre-existing left hip disability during service and for any necessary secondary service connection determinations.
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