The Veteran's appeal is remanded for further development, including obtaining his complete service treatment records and post-service medical records. The examiner will determine if hay fever (allergic rhinitis) existed prior to service or was aggravated by service.
The deciding factor: Further examination and review of the Veteran's medical history are needed to properly assess whether hay fever had its clinical onset during active service or is related to any event of service.
- Claimed conditions
- hay fever (allergic rhinitis)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 14, 2013
- Citation
- 1301396
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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 hay fever (allergic rhinitis), right index finger arthritis, left lower extremity shin splints, right lower extremity shin splints, left foot plantar fasciitis, and right foot plantar fasciitis.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for hay fever and sleep apnea, finding that a VA examination was not adequately scheduled.,The appellant's lay statements regarding his allergy symptoms during ACDUTRA were considered by the Board.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for hay fever and sleep apnea, as they are intertwined. The appellant's statements about his allergy symptoms during active duty training (ACDUTRA) need to be considered in determining whether there was aggravation beyond its natural progression.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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