The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for his varicose veins and TDIU are being remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining medical records and scheduling a VA examination.
The deciding factor: The most recent VA examination may no longer reflect an accurate picture of the Veteran’s disability as his symptoms have worsened over time.
- Claimed conditions
- right lower varicose veins, bilateral orchialgia, scars of the abdominal quadrant and left lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 27, 2018
- Citation
- 18152766
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions due to an error in verifying the Veteran's active service and obtaining his complete service personnel records and treatment records.
- Denied
The Board denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) prior to February 13, 2012, and dismissed the claims for increased ratings for varicose veins of the left and right lower extremities.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for a left tibia scar was denied in May 2013. The evidence submitted since that decision is not new and material.,The Veteran's bilateral ankle disability, gastrointestinal disability (GERD and peptic ulcers), cervical spine disability, degenerative joint disease of the bilateral hips, degenerative joint disease of the bilateral knees, degenerative joint disease of the bilateral ankles, degenerative joint disease of the bilateral feet, hemorrhoids, right lower varicose veins, left lower varicose veins, PTSD, right foot bunionectomy scars, left foot bunionectomy scars, and right knee limitation of extension were not incurred in or a result of active duty service.,The Veteran's acne/rosacea/melasma was granted service connection on September 12, 2011, the day after she was discharged from active duty. The effective date for bilateral knee strain was also granted on September 12, 2011.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for a groin disability, claimed as bilateral orchialgia from a vasectomy reversal during service, was reopened due to new and material evidence. The Board found that the Veteran's chronic epididymitis is related to his active military service and granted service connection.
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