The Board has remanded the claims of entitlement to compensation pursuant to 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for bilateral leg disability, prostate disability, and right eye disability due to insufficient opinions from VA examiners regarding the nature and etiology of these disabilities.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for additional medical examinations to determine the nature and cause of the Veteran's current disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral leg disability, Prostate disability, Right eye disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 13, 2018
- Citation
- 18134850
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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: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for SMC under 38 U.S.C. § 1114(k) based on the loss of use of one eye having only light perception is dismissed as moot.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims of service connection for psychiatric disability, hypertension, prostate disability, and headaches due to failure to make reasonable efforts to contact the Veteran for an informal hearing conference.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a right eye disability and TDIU prior to August 16, 2022. The claim for an increased rating for OSA was withdrawn.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate VA medical opinions regarding the nature and etiology of the Veteran's prostate disability, including its relationship to service, medication use, and toxic risk exposure activity (TERA).
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