The Board has determined that additional development is needed for the Veteran's claims of service connection for various disabilities, including bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus. The case is being remanded to allow for further examination and consideration of new evidence.
The deciding factor: New evidence indicates a worsening of the Veteran's hearing and tinnitus, necessitating another VA examination to determine current severity and etiology.
- Claimed conditions
- left hand disability, right hand disability, left knee disability, right knee disability, left ankle disability, right ankle disability, bilateral hearing loss disability, tinnitus, cardiac disability (atrial fibrillation), erectile dysfunction, prostate disability (hematuria with prostate hypertrophy), skin cancer (squamous cell carcinoma of the eyelids)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 20, 2019
- Citation
- 19138952
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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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