The Board has remanded the cases for further development due to incomplete records and insufficient opinions regarding the etiology of the Veteran's right ear pain and HIV infection.
The deciding factor: Incomplete VA and private treatment records have not been obtained, and insufficient medical opinions addressing the etiology of the Veteran's conditions have been provided.
- Claimed conditions
- Right ear pain, Otitis, Myringosclerosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 1, 2019
- Citation
- 19108274
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,451 · Granted: 22% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
This is a plain-language summary generated by AI from a public Board of Veterans’ Appeals decision. It can contain errors — always verify against the original. Read the original VA decision (opens in a new tab) using citation 19108274.
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
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's right ear pain, finding that it manifested in service and persists to the present. The disability is rated at zero percent.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's right ear pain, including associated symptoms such as hearing impairment, vertigo, cerebellar gait, and tinnitus, is due to a head injury sustained during an Airborne jump in service. As a result, the claim for service connection for right ear pain is granted.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's claim for medical reimbursement for non-VA emergency treatment received on January 16, 2016 is granted as the condition was an actual medical emergency and VA facilities were not feasibly available.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 and service connection for a disability manifested by right ear pain due to additional development being required.
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