The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection and rating of his disabilities, including bilateral hearing loss, upper and lower extremity peripheral neuropathies due to herbicide exposure, and PTSD. Additional development is needed, including obtaining updated medical records, verifying Vietnam-era service, and conducting examinations by appropriate clinicians.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the current opinions regarding the Veteran's disabilities are inadequate for rating purposes and need clarification or additional evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss, bilateral upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, bilateral lower extremity peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 4, 2019
- Citation
- 19142956
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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- Denied
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- Dismissed
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- Partly granted
The Veteran's tinnitus is granted, while fibromyalgia, internal or external hemorrhoids, bilateral hearing loss, and neuropathy are denied.
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