The Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 is being remanded due to the need for a personal hearing before a Decision Review Officer at the RO in Los Angeles, California.
The deciding factor: The Veteran requested a personal hearing and has moved from Puerto Rico to California, necessitating this additional development.
- Claimed conditions
- loss of smell and taste
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 21, 2011
- Citation
- 1127185
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The veteran's claim for service connection for loss of smell and taste was granted. The claim for depression as secondary to the loss of smell and taste was remanded.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss is not rated higher than noncompensable.,Service connection for loss of smell and taste, to include as due to environmental exposures during the Persian Gulf War, is granted. The Board finds that the evidence supports a finding of service connection based on continuity of symptoms since separation from service.,The Veteran's residuals of right thumb laceration with bone chip and nerve damage are not service connected.,Service connection for hemorrhoids, to include as due to environmental exposures during the Persian Gulf War, is denied.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including headaches and a left knee disability, precluded him from securing or following substantially gainful employment from April 1, 2011, to January 19, 2012. The Board granted TDIU during this period.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for sinusitis with nose bleeds, respiratory disorder, and loss of smell and taste due to inadequate examination and verification of service in the Army Reserve.
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