The Board has remanded multiple claims for further development, including obtaining medical opinions and VA treatment records. The Veteran's service-connected conditions include left knee osteoarthritis, chronic bilateral ear disorder, asthma, diabetes mellitus, cervical spine osteoarthritis, lumbar spine spondylosis at L5-S1, right knee medial compartment osteoarthritis, left ankle strain, right ankle strain, and chronic headaches. The issues remanded include service connection for these conditions as well as evaluations for various disabilities.
The deciding factor: The claims are being remanded to obtain additional medical opinions and VA treatment records to clarify the etiology of the Veteran's claimed conditions and their relationship to her military service or service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee osteoarthritis, chronic bilateral ear disorder, asthma, diabetes mellitus, bilateral upper extremity nerve damage, cervical spine osteoarthritis, lumbar spine spondylosis at L5-S1, right knee medial compartment osteoarthritis, left ankle strain, right ankle strain, chronic headaches
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 11, 2019
- Citation
- 19144436
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 Veteran was granted a 70 percent disability rating for unspecified trauma and stressor-related disorder with major depressive disorder, recurrent, and alcohol use disorder in early remission, as well as TDIU due to asthma and SMC at the housebound rate.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for asthma and remanded claims for insomnia and sleep apnea. Other conditions were denied.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including sinusitis, elbows condition, cervical condition, erectile dysfunction, kidney condition, sleep apnea, wrists condition, asthma, shoulders condition, ankles condition, eye condition (bilateral dry macular degeneration), peripheral vascular disease (heart condition), and rhinitis.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for hypertension and diabetes mellitus to obtain further medical opinions regarding their potential relationship to toxic exposures during active service.
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