The Board has determined that additional development is needed to obtain the Veteran's terminal hospital reports and missing February 2017 rating action. The appellant’s claims for service connection are also remanded due to an incomplete list of dates the Veteran served on active duty, ACDUTRA, or INACDUTRA.
The deciding factor: The Board finds that additional development is needed to obtain relevant medical records and complete the Veteran's service record information.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hip disability, diabetes mellitus, bilateral upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, acquired psychiatric disorder (originally claimed as depression), bilateral hand disability, cardiovascular disability (originally claimed as coronary artery disease), hypertension, left foot disability, residuals of a left wrist fracture with degenerative joint disease, left knee disability, tinnitus, bilateral hearing loss disability, right ankle disability, right wrist fracture, right wrist scar, right knee disability, right foot disability
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 29, 2018
- Citation
- 18145720
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is remanded for additional development, including a new VA examination to assess his bilateral knee and hip disabilities.
- 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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for hearing loss, tinnitus, and an acquired psychiatric disorder due to incomplete medical records and need for further examination.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for tinnitus, arthritis, and memory loss. The decision found no evidence linking these conditions to his military service.
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