The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims due to incomplete evaluations and need for additional development, including obtaining in-service hospitalization records and conducting further examinations.
The deciding factor: Incomplete medical opinions and lack of recent VA examination prevented a clear determination on the merits of the service connection claims.
- Claimed conditions
- status post acromioclavicular separation of the right shoulder with degenerative joint disease and status post resection, diabetes mellitus, retinopathy with visual field defects, erectile dysfunction, peripheral neuropathy of the left upper extremity, peripheral neuropathy of the right upper extremity, peripheral neuropathy of the left lower extremity, peripheral neuropathy of the right lower extremity, chronic venous insufficiency, bilateral upper extremities, chronic venous insufficiency, bilateral lower extremities, right leg right patella tendon residuals of pain, right knee tendon condition
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 7, 2018
- Citation
- 18156144
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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
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