The Board has decided to remand the case due to non-compliance with previous directives and a need for another VA examination.
The deciding factor: The prior examinations did not address the specific claim of service connection for otitis media, right ear.
- Claimed conditions
- otitis media, right ear
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 22, 2019
- Citation
- 19156566
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for referral to the Director, Compensation Service, for a determination under 38 C.F.R. § 4.16(b) regarding entitlement to a TDIU prior to May 20, 1999, on an extraschedular basis.
- Denied
The Board found that new and material evidence had been submitted to reopen several of the Veteran's previously denied claims, but did not grant service connection for any of them.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for low back disability, cervical spine disability, left wrist sprain, left ankle disability, musculoskeletal strain (claimed as costochondritis Tietze's syndrome), otitis media, right ear, right knee disability, left knee disability, bilateral hearing loss disability, and tinnitus due to new evidence of ongoing symptoms.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, otitis media, right ear, tinnitus, an eye condition, and residuals of a head injury. The evidence did not establish a link between these conditions and military service.
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