The Veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded due to the need for additional medical examinations and opinions regarding his claimed disabilities, including hypertension, respiratory disorder, chronic sinus infections, bilateral hearing loss, erectile dysfunction, peripheral neuropathy, and sores from his right buttock.
The deciding factor: Additional evidence is needed to determine if the Veteran's current conditions are related to his military service or service-connected conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension, respiratory disorder, chronic sinus infections, bilateral hearing loss, erectile dysfunction, peripheral neuropathy, sores and/or excision of a mass from the right buttock
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 28, 2012
- Citation
- 1233834
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for service connection of bilateral hearing loss and a ruptured right ear drum was dismissed due to the death of the Veteran.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for hypertension and peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral upper and lower extremities due to insufficient medical opinions regarding their etiology.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for diabetes mellitus type II with erectile dysfunction was denied as the evidence did not show that he had been diagnosed and manifested to at least a 10 percent disability rating on or prior to May 8, 2001.
- 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.
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