The Veteran's hearing loss in the right ear is currently rated as 10 percent disabling from November 13, 2017. The Board has remanded for additional development regarding service connection claims for low back and bilateral knee disorders.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations did not provide sufficient clarity on whether the Veteran's low back and knee disorders are proximately due or aggravated by his service-connected right hip disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Hearing loss in the right ear, Low back disorder, Bilateral knee disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 18, 2019
- Citation
- 19104483
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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