The Veteran's appeal is being remanded to obtain additional medical records and for a VA examination to determine the nature and etiology of any renal disability, including whether it is related to his service-connected low back disability.
The deciding factor: The Veteran has not been provided with an adequate opinion regarding the relationship between his renal disability and his service-connected low back disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Renal disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 10, 2012
- Citation
- 1241998
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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
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