The Veteran's claims are being remanded due to the need for a Board hearing before a Veterans Law Judge at the RO.
The deciding factor: The Veteran requested a Board hearing, and one has not yet been scheduled.
- Claimed conditions
- low back disability with sciatica, lung disease, to include bronchitis and pneumonia, gastrointestinal disability other than GERD
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 2, 2015
- Citation
- 1514171
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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 remands the claims for service connection for a gastrointestinal disability, compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151, and an extension of temporary total evaluation due to lack of compliance with previous remand directives.
- Dismissed
The appeals for service connection and rating of various conditions were dismissed due to untimely filing of the VA Form 10182 within one year of the respective rating decisions, with no good cause shown.
- Partly granted
The veteran's claims for service connection for GERD and compensation for hypertension were dismissed. The claims for service connection for gastrointestinal disability other than GERD, compensation for a gastrointestinal disability other than GERD, and extension of temporary total evaluation are remanded.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal has been withdrawn by the appellant, and thus the case is dismissed.
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