The Board has remanded several issues related to service connection for various disabilities, including hearing loss, congestive heart failure, hypertension, colostomy due to spastic colon and ulcerated colon, end stage renal failure, and the cause of death. The remand includes obtaining medical records from prior to 2001 and requesting a new VA clinician's opinion on continuity of service-connected conditions.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there were gaps in the Veteran’s medical history prior to 2001 and ordered an attempt to obtain these records. The remand also includes requesting a new opinion from a VA clinician regarding the continuity of service-connected conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss, congestive heart failure, hypertension, colostomy due to spastic colon and ulcerated colon, end stage renal failure, cause of death
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 27, 2018
- Citation
- 18139459
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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
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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