The Board has decided to remand the cases for further development due to outstanding VA treatment records and a need for an examination regarding service connection.
The deciding factor: Further medical evaluation is required to determine if the Veteran's conditions are related to his military service, including exposure at Camp Lejeune.
- Claimed conditions
- mouth sores, residuals of removal of the gall bladder, erectile dysfunction and Peyronie’s disease, residuals of removal of a tumor in the right thumb, nerve pain
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 6, 2018
- Citation
- 18108731
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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 denied several claims for increased ratings and service connection, dismissing or denying the appeals based on the evidence of record.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for a higher rating and extension of a temporary total disability rating are being remanded due to the need for further development, including obtaining a VA peripheral nerves examination.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for ulcers, migraines, mouth sores, body sores, fibromyalgia, chest pain, fatigue, joint pain and swelling, sinusitis (claimed as nose bleeds), shortness of breath, hemoptysis (coughing blood), hypertension, and memory loss. These issues are intertwined with the referred claim for service connection for Wegener's disease.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's nerve pain claim is dismissed because service connection for sciatic nerve impairment was granted in a previous decision. The anxiety disorder claim is remanded as it relates to the Veteran's PTSD.
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