The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for various disabilities, including right wrist, cervical spine, left knee, and right knee disabilities, as well as an acquired psychiatric disability and a lumbar spine disability. The appeals are being remanded due to outstanding records from Dr. James Morgan and the Texas Rehab Commission needing to be located and associated with the file, and a VA examination for the claimed psychiatric disability and lumbar spine disability is needed.
The deciding factor: The Board found that new and material evidence has not been received to reopen several service connection claims and thus remanded them for further development including obtaining outstanding records and scheduling a VA examination.
- Claimed conditions
- right wrist disability, cervical spine disability, right knee disability, left knee disability, lumbar spine disability, dry eyes, acquired psychiatric disability, left wrist disability
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 29, 2018
- Citation
- 18115276
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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
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