The Board has remanded several issues related to the Veteran's claims, including service connection for various conditions and a TDIU claim. The specific issues are: lumbar spine disability, gastrointestinal disorder (including diarrhea), headaches, sleep disorder, right foot numbness, acquired psychiatric disability (including PTSD, major depressive disorder, anxiety, and adjustment disorder), sensitive teeth, right knee disability, and TDIU.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claims were remanded due to the need for additional examinations and clarification of his service connection claims. The issues are related to various conditions that may be related to his active service or other factors such as exposure to certain environments or medications prescribed during service.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar spine disability, gastrointestinal disability (including diarrhea), headaches, sleep disorder, right foot numbness, acquired psychiatric disability (including PTSD, major depressive disorder, anxiety, and adjustment disorder), sensitive teeth, right knee disability
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 8, 2019
- Citation
- 19116272
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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 claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder to ensure a proper examination and etiology opinion are provided.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including prostate cancer and related disabilities, urinary incontinence, sleep apnea, hypertension, varicose veins, lumbar spine disability, hip arthritis, shoulder arthritis, ankle arthritis, knee strain, knee replacement, and hand arthritis. The only condition granted was a 10 percent rating for a fracture of the right proximal first metacarpal.
- Dismissed
The claim for an earlier effective date for service connection for major depressive disorder is dismissed as moot because the earliest effective date was granted during the pendency of this appeal.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for tinnitus, cubital tunnel syndrome, right plantar fasciitis, and a right knee disability due to the lack of evidence supporting a nexus between these conditions and the Veteran's military service.
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