The Board has granted service connection for kidney stones and remanded other issues due to insufficient evidence. The Veteran's osteoporosis is referred back to the RO, lupus is pending, and further examinations are needed for hip disability and sinusitis.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on new evidence that reopened the claim of service connection for osteoporosis.
- Claimed conditions
- kidney stones, osteoporosis, undifferentiated connective tissue disorder (lupus), left hip fracture status post closed reduction and fixation, sinusitis with nasal polyposis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 10, 2019
- Citation
- 19127905
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Decisions by this judge: 1,987 · Granted: 15% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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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
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to a need for additional medical opinions regarding the etiology of the Veteran's kidney stones, specifically whether they were caused or aggravated by his service-connected bladder cancer.
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