The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to incomplete VA treatment records. The case will be returned for further action.
The deciding factor: Incomplete VA treatment records were identified, and the Veteran requested these records to support his claim.
- Claimed conditions
- hydronephrosis of the left kidney
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 11, 2014
- Citation
- 1454705
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has found that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the Veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for hydronephrosis of the left kidney. The reopened claim is addressed in the Remand portion of the decision below and is REMANDED to the RO via the Appeals Management Center in Washington, DC.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim to reopen his service connection for hydronephrosis of the left kidney, finding that no new and material evidence had been submitted.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for hydronephrosis of the left kidney, finding that new and material evidence was not submitted.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected conditions do not meet the criteria for a total rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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