The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for a hearing before a Veterans Law Judge appearing by live video teleconference (VTC).
The deciding factor: The Veteran requested a VTC hearing, but her request was not processed in time. The Board granted her motion and scheduled a VTC hearing at her local RO.
- Claimed conditions
- sciatic radiculopathy, right, lumbosacral strain with degenerative disc disease and sacroilitis, left knee osteoarthritis, right knee osteoarthritis, left ankle sprain, right ankle sprain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 23, 2017
- Citation
- 1717838
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
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