The Veteran's appeal involves multiple conditions and disabilities, including numbness and tingling of the hands and feet, heart palpitations, right hip disability, high cholesterol, allergies, stress fractures, left knee disability, papillary necrosis, temporomandibular joint disorder, a lump on the cheek, right ankle disability, pelvic pain, fecal incontinence, urinary incontinence, hernia of the abdominal wall, and hemorrhoids. The appeal is being remanded for further action.
The deciding factor: The Veteran failed to appear at her scheduled videoconference hearing due to illness, but submitted evidence indicating she was unable to attend due to medical reasons. She has requested a rescheduling of the hearing.
- Claimed conditions
- numbness and tingling of the hands, numbness and tingling of the feet, heart palpitations, right hip disability, high cholesterol, allergies, stress fractures of the feet, stress fractures of the legs, left knee disability, papillary necrosis, temporomandibular joint disorder, lump on the left cheek, right ankle disability, pelvic pain, fecal incontinence, urinary incontinence, hernia of the abdominal wall, lump in the left breast, nerve injury of the right check, rectal bleeding, hemorrhoids, sprain of the right thumb
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 8, 2014
- Citation
- 1439873
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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
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for left and right hip disabilities due to inadequate VA medical opinions. The Veteran will need an adequate VA medical opinion to determine if his hip disabilities are related to service.
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