The Veteran's claims for service connection and TDIU are being remanded due to the need to obtain SSA records related to her disability benefits.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's TDIU claim is inextricably intertwined with her vocal cord claim, which requires obtaining SSA records.
- Claimed conditions
- left vocal cord paralysis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 8, 2019
- Citation
- 19161400
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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 remands the claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for left vocal cord paralysis to obtain additional evidence.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to a lack of full consent documents and missing medical records. The Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for left vocal cord paralysis is now pending again with the AOJ.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for left vocal cord paralysis was denied, and the issue of service connection for a skin disability is remanded.
- Granted
The Veteran was granted compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for the additional disabilities of left vocal cord paralysis and left diaphragm paresis resulting from a left lung lobectomy performed in January 2011 at VA, as these conditions were not reasonably foreseeable events.
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