The Board has remanded multiple claims for further development due to the Veteran not being properly notified of VA examinations related to his service connection and increased disability rating claims.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need to reschedule proper notifications and examinations as per the Veteran's representative request.
- Claimed conditions
- joint pain, right ear tinnitus, abnormal heartbeat, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), muscle aches and pains, left shoulder disability, bilateral hearing loss, left ear tinnitus, chronic fatigue, sinusitis, respiratory disability, hypertension, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), gastrointestinal disability, headaches, numbness and tingling of bilateral lower extremities, numbness and tingling of bilateral upper extremities, anxiety disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 15, 2018
- Citation
- 18111505
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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 Veteran's appeal for service connection of bilateral hearing loss and a ruptured right ear drum was dismissed due to the death of the Veteran.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's headaches are at least as likely as not caused by his service-connected traumatic brain injury, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for hypertension and peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral upper and lower extremities due to insufficient medical opinions regarding their etiology.
- Denied
The Board found that the Veteran's bilateral hearing loss was noted upon entry into active duty service and did not increase in severity during service. Therefore, it denied his claim for service connection.
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