The Veteran's appeal is being remanded to obtain additional medical records, especially those from the Jackson VAMC and St. Dominic Hospital, as well as SSA records. The Veteran will also be scheduled for a VA examination to assess his service-connected inguinal hernia disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Veteran has not been provided with all necessary information regarding his claims due to outstanding medical records and potential SSA records that may contain relevant information.
- Claimed conditions
- left inguinal hernia disability, right inguinal hernia disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 15, 2016
- Citation
- 1623915
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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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