The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including a VA examination to determine whether he has bowel and/or bladder impairment that is a neurological manifestation of his service-connected thoracic spine disability.
The deciding factor: The examiner needs to reconcile the finding that there is no urinary disability shown with the fact that the Veteran's uncontested reported voiding frequency would appear to warrant a compensable rating under the schedular criteria for rating voiding frequency.
- Claimed conditions
- genitourinary system disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 11, 2012
- Citation
- 1201120
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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.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for acquired psychiatric disorder, chronic sinusitis condition, deviated nasal septum condition, and left hip condition. Service connection is remanded for fatigue condition and genitourinary system disability.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for genitourinary system disability and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) since these conditions are related to the Veteran's military service.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for several conditions but granted it for genitourinary system disability, tension headaches, left knee strain, and right knee strain. The claims for bilateral hip strain, bilateral shoulder strain, major depressive disorder with anxiety and PTSD, neurobehavior effects, insomnia, poor concentration, and bilateral lateral epicondylitis were remanded.
- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for left kidney disability and genitourinary system disability, finding that the preponderance of evidence is against a finding of service connection on a direct or secondary basis.
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