The Board is remanding the cases for further action, including obtaining VA treatment records and Social Security Administration (SSA) records. The Veteran also needs to be notified of his appellate rights on several effective date issues.
The deciding factor: The appeal involves reopening service connection claims and determining appropriate effective dates for certain disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- low back strain with mild scoliosis, arthritis of the legs, degenerative arthritis of the knees, glaucoma of the right eye, rash on the scrotum, penis, buttocks, shoulders and arms, residuals of a head injury, to include migraines
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 5, 2018
- Citation
- 18108656
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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.
- Dismissed
The Board denied the veteran's appeal for timely filing of a Board Appeal request and dismissed the attempted appeals.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's left ear hearing loss is granted, while the other claims are remanded for further development.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for all the claimed conditions as there was no evidence of a current diagnosis or etiological relationship to active duty service.
- Dismissed
The claim for service connection for glaucoma of the right eye was dismissed due to a procedural defect in the filing of the appeal.
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