The Board has determined that additional development is needed in order to properly adjudicate the Veteran's claims, including obtaining private treatment records and scheduling a VA examination.
The deciding factor: The decision on appeal requires further evidence and evaluation due to potential changes in the Veteran's condition since his last examination and possible new treatment records.
- Claimed conditions
- left nephrectomy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 14, 2014
- Citation
- 1421711
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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
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for muscle tissue damage and a rating in excess of 30 percent for residuals of left nephrectomy, finding no current diagnosis or relationship to service.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted restoration of a separate evaluation of 10 percent for fatiguability as a residual of hypothyroidism beginning September 22, 2022, but remanded the other issues.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's kidney cancer and left nephrectomy are remanded due to the PACT Act requiring a VA examination for toxic exposure. The examiner must determine if the cancer is related to service, especially Agent Orange exposure, and whether it is secondary to his service-connected prostate cancer.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran is in need of regular aid and attendance due to her service-connected disabilities, including PTSD, depression, cystitis, and urinary incontinence. The decision grants SMC based on the need for regular aid and attendance.
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