The Veteran's appeal involves multiple conditions and issues, including right and left ankle disorders, a hernia disorder, eye problems, back pain, and psychiatric symptoms. The case is being remanded to obtain additional records from the SSA and VA.
The deciding factor: Additional medical records are needed to fully evaluate the Veteran's claims.
- Claimed conditions
- right ankle disorder, left ankle disorder, residuals of a hernia disorder, refractive error, presbyopia and pinguecula of the eyes, mild degenerative disc disease L3-4, L4-5 and L5-S1 (claimed as back disorder), acquired psychiatric disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 17, 2015
- Citation
- 1530552
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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
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