The Veteran's appeal includes multiple issues related to various disabilities, including hearing loss, elbow and knee conditions, spine disorders, foot problems, and a scar. The case is being remanded for further action.
The deciding factor: The case was remanded due to scheduling difficulties for the Veteran's requested hearing before a Veterans Law Judge.
- Claimed conditions
- periodic leg movement, restless leg syndrome, right ear hearing loss, left elbow disability, degenerative joint disease, degenerative disc disease, and intervertebral bulging discs of the cervical spine, degenerative joint disease, degenerative disc disease, and intervertebral bulging discs of the thoracolumbar spine, degenerative joint disease of the right shoulder with tendonitis, residuals of left elbow bursitis, degenerative joint disease of the right knee, degenerative joint disease of the left knee, bilateral pes planus, plantar fasciitis and Achilles calcaneal spurs, residuals of a scar, status-post left thumb laceration, degenerative joint disease of the first metatarsophalangeal joint of the left great toe
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 15, 2014
- Citation
- 1402282
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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 Veteran's claim for an initial compensable disability rating for onychomycosis was denied as the condition did not require treatment and covered less than 5% of his body. The Board also remanded issues regarding service connection for left ear hearing loss and entitlement to a compensable disability rating for right ear hearing loss.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection of right ear hearing loss, and the case is dismissed.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals were dismissed due to the death of the appellant. The issues related to service connection for various conditions and disability ratings.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the Veteran's appeals for service connection of sleep apnea, left lower extremity (LLE) sciatic nerve radiculopathy, and right ear hearing loss due to untimely filing.,The Board also dismissed the appeal for service connection of left ear hearing loss as moot because it was already granted in a prior decision.
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