The Board has determined that a remand is necessary to provide the Veteran with VA examinations and obtain additional medical opinions regarding his HIV, renal disability, neuropathy, psychiatric disabilities, and right ear hearing loss.
The deciding factor: The claims are inextricably intertwined as they all involve service connection for various conditions related to or secondary to HIV. Additionally, a remand is required due to the need for updated VA examinations and medical opinions regarding these conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Renal disability, Bilateral upper extremity neuropathy, Bilateral lower extremity neuropathy, Acquired psychiatric disability including Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Bilateral lower extremity cellulitis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 4, 2016
- Citation
- 1645040
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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.
- Denied
The Board has denied service connection for treatment purposes only for PTSD and remanded the claim of service connection for treatment purposes only for HIV.
- Granted
The Veteran is found to be eligible for enrollment in the PCAFC program due to his severe and complex medical conditions, which require personal care services.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran contracted HIV during his active duty service and grants entitlement to service connection for this condition.
- Granted
The Board granted an effective date of October 25, 2018, for the grant of service connection for bilateral lower extremity cellulitis secondary to service-connected DM. The Veteran also received a 30 percent rating for this condition as of October 11, 2022.
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