The Board has decided to remand the case due to a pending issue regarding whether new and material evidence has been received to reopen the claim of service connection for a bilateral ear disorder.
The deciding factor: The pending issue must be adjudicated in order to properly apply the provisions of 38 U.S.C. § 1521(j); 38 C.F.R. § 3.3.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral ear disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 12, 2018
- Citation
- 18134352
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a bilateral ear disorder, finding no current diagnosis of such condition and noting that his complaints do not amount to functional impairment related to a diagnosed bilateral ear disorder.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for a dental disorder and bilateral ear disorder, while remanding claims for service connection for low back, neck, right finger, left shoulder, and right shoulder disorders.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the service connection claims for neck, back, right shoulder, left leg skin, testicular skin, and bilateral ear disorders due to outstanding inpatient clinical treatment records from Tripler Army Medical Center.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for service connection for a bilateral ear disorder was denied as there is no evidence of a current disability at the time of his death.,Service connection for sinusitis was granted, with the examiner noting that the Veteran had chronic sinusitis during service and provided sufficient documentation to establish a nexus.
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