The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining VA medical records and scheduling the Veteran for VA examinations to assess his left knee disability, right knee disability, lumbar spine disability, and gastroesophageal reflux disease.
The deciding factor: The Board finds that further development of the claims is necessary before a final decision can be made.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss, chest pain, left knee disability, psychiatric disorder including panic disorder with agoraphobia, generalized anxiety disorder, major depressive disorder, and sleep terror disorder, degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine, right knee disability status post meniscectomy, right lower extremity radiculopathy, left lower extremity radiculopathy, gastroesophageal reflux disease
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 13, 2012
- Citation
- 1213542
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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.
- Dismissed
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
The Board found that the Veteran's bilateral hearing loss was noted upon entry into active duty service and did not increase in severity during service. Therefore, it denied his claim for service connection.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for bilateral hearing loss, migraine headaches, and PTSD due to additional development of records and examination.
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