The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error regarding the Veteran's active duty, ACDUTRA or INACDUTRA status in June and September 1986.
The deciding factor: The AOJ failed to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error related to the Veteran's Reserve service periods of active duty, ACDUTRA or INACDUTRA in June and September 1986.
- Claimed conditions
- left finger laceration with scar, gout of the elbows, feet and knees, nephrolithiasis, kidneys
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 23, 2019
- Citation
- A19002229
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.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for a compensable rating for nephrolithiasis and service connection for vertigo, chronic fatigue syndrome, right shoulder osteoarthritis, and sleep apnea.
- Denied
The Board has denied service connection for multiple conditions and denied higher initial ratings for several service-connected disabilities.
- Granted
The Board granted an initial rating of 30 percent for nephrolithiasis, effective from the date VA received the claim.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for a back disability, assigned a 70 percent rating for major depressive disorder from September 13, 2016, to September 25, 2017, and denied other claims.
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