The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including VA examinations to assess the severity of her service-connected disabilities and determine if she has a current diagnosed bilateral hearing loss disability.
The deciding factor: The Veteran testified that her disabilities have worsened since her last VA examinations, and her hearing loss claim was denied based on an August 2010 VA examination which did not demonstrate a current diagnosed bilateral hearing loss disability for VA purposes. Further medical examination and opinions are needed to determine the current severity of these conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- overactive bladder, lumbar spine degenerative disc disease (DDD), left, lumbar radiculopathy, bilateral plantar fasciitis with bilateral plantar spurs, scars, status post-bilateral breast biopsies, hypothesia, left mental nerve, hypothesia, right mental nerve, bilateral leg eczema
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 3, 2017
- Citation
- 1731217
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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 overactive bladder and bilateral foot conditions (plantar fasciitis and hallux valgus) as there is no persuasive evidence that these conditions began during active service or are related to an in-service injury, event, or disease.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for lumbar spine degenerative arthritis and DDD, as well as right and left lower extremity radiculopathy secondary to the now service-connected lumbar spine condition. The decision is based on a finding of relative equipoise in the evidence regarding whether these conditions are related to service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded two issues: entitlement to an extraschedular rating for migraine headaches and service connection for overactive bladder, which the Veteran claims is secondary to his migraine headaches. The Veteran's reports of pain spreading from his head to his hand and arm are being referred for clarification by a VA examiner. Additionally, the issue of whether the Veteran's overactive bladder condition has been aggravated by his migraine headache disability is also being referred.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded both claims of entitlement to an extraschedular rating for migraine headaches and service connection for overactive bladder, as the evidence is insufficient to determine if these conditions are related or aggravated by the Veteran's service-connected migraines.
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