The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for further development of in-patient records from his active duty service.
The deciding factor: Further efforts to obtain the requested in-patient records are needed as they have not been found and would be futile.
- Claimed conditions
- numbness and tingling of the left lower extremity, numbness and tingling of the right lower extremity, a disability of the cervical spine, headaches, including as secondary to a disability of the cervical spine, a right shoulder disability, including as secondary to a disability of the cervical spine, a left shoulder disability, including as secondary to a disability of the cervical spine, numbness and tingling of the left upper extremity, numbness and tingling of the right upper extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 12, 2013
- Citation
- 1319196
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to incomplete records and a need to verify his periods of active duty for training (ACDUTRA) and inactive duty for training (INACDUTRA).
- Denied
The Veteran's migraine headaches, right shoulder disability, cervical spine disability, and lumbosacral spine disability are not related to service.,The Veteran does not have a current diagnosis of numbness and tingling of the left upper extremity or radiculopathy of the bilateral lower extremities that could be attributed to active service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case for additional development and consideration of the Veteran's claims, including those related to his right hip, hearing loss, numbness in the left lower extremity, lumbar spine disability, sciatica, ankle laxity, insomnia, and blepharitis.
- Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for numbness and tingling of the left lower extremity, but has remanded his claims for erectile dysfunction and hypertension.
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