The Board has determined that additional development is necessary and the appeal is, therefore, REMANDED as directed below.
The deciding factor: The duty to assist requires VA to attempt to obtain records from other Federal agencies, including the Social Security Administration (SSA), when the VA has notice of the existence of such records.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral inguinal hernias
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 13, 2019
- Citation
- 19117760
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,242 · Granted: 24% (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 19117760.
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: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, finding that the evidence did not support a compensable rating or service connection for any of the conditions appealed.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral inguinal hernias and left eye retinal hole without detachment based on the evidence of record.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The appeals for increased ratings and initial compensable disability ratings were dismissed as withdrawn by the Veteran.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted an effective date of March 31, 2016, for the award of TDIU based on a finding that the Veteran detrimentally relied on misleading VA communications.
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