The Board has remanded multiple issues on appeal due to the need for additional development, including obtaining VA and Social Security Administration records, scheduling a VA examination for skin disorder, anemia, and PTSD, and requesting medical opinions regarding the Veteran's claimed stressors.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for further evidence and clarification of certain claims due to incomplete or outdated information in the record.
- Claimed conditions
- right hip strain, left knee strain, left ankle strain, left tibia stress fracture, acne (claimed as eczema), anemia, psychiatric disorder including PTSD
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 16, 2019
- Citation
- 19129224
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.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for left knee strain, right knee strain, right wrist strain, and TBI. The Veteran's PTSD rating was remanded for further development.
- Remanded (sent back)
The appeal is remanded to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors, including the failure to obtain relevant treatment records and provide adequate VA examinations.
- Granted
The Board grants service connection for a right hip strain, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran based on evidence showing an onset during service and continuous symptoms since then.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for a vitamin D deficiency and remanded claims for coronary artery disease, status post femoral bypass, chronic kidney disease, and anemia due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
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