The Board has remanded the case due to the need for additional development, including obtaining SSA and OPM records, and scheduling a VA examination for the right shoulder disorder.
The deciding factor: The decision is being remanded because new evidence may have been received that could reopen previously denied claims, and further evaluation of the Veteran's current disability status is needed.
- Claimed conditions
- left shoulder disorder, low back disorder, residuals of a right fibula fracture with bone spur, right ankle disorder, chronic fatigue syndrome, respiratory disorder, depressive reaction claimed as fatigue, diabetes mellitus, bilateral ankle disorder, fever, left ankle disorder, sleep disorder, gastrointestinal disorder, headaches, upper and lower extremity disorders, hypertension, erectile dysfunction, hemorrhoids, sinusitis, obesity, bilateral vision disorder, residuals of dental trauma
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 3, 2015
- Citation
- 1523444
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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.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's headaches are at least as likely as not caused by his service-connected traumatic brain injury, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for hypertension and peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral upper and lower extremities due to insufficient medical opinions regarding their etiology.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for diabetes mellitus type II with erectile dysfunction was denied as the evidence did not show that he had been diagnosed and manifested to at least a 10 percent disability rating on or prior to May 8, 2001.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete development of records and will provide a supplemental statement of the case if necessary.
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