The Board has determined that additional evidence is needed to properly adjudicate the Veteran's claims for increased disability evaluations for chronic sinusitis, talonavicular degenerative joint disease of the right foot/ankle, talonavicular degenerative joint disease of the left foot, and total abdominal hysterectomy. The case will be remanded for further action.
The deciding factor: The Board finds that additional evidence is needed to properly adjudicate the Veteran's claims as there are recent VA medical records and lay statements in the file not considered by the RO/AMC.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic sinusitis, talonavicular degenerative joint disease, right foot/ankle, talonavicular degenerative joint disease, left foot, total abdominal hysterectomy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 29, 2012
- Citation
- 1222701
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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 has denied service connection for chronic rhinitis, chronic sinusitis, and chronic fatigue syndrome as there is no evidence of a current disability in the record.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has denied service connection for chronic sinusitis and remanded the claim for a lumbar spine disability due to insufficient evidence.
- Dismissed
The appeal seeking readjudication of the previously denied claim for PTSD and multiple other conditions is dismissed due to a procedural defect. The Veteran's authorized representative at the time the appeal was submitted did not have the authority to file the appeal.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew their claims for service connection for chronic rhinitis and chronic sinusitis, thus the appeal is dismissed.
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