The Board has remanded the claim for service connection for kidney pain due to its inextricability with the bladder discomfort claim. The bladder discomfort claim is still pending and requires further development before it can be adjudicated.
The deciding factor: The claims are inextricably intertwined, as private medical records related to bladder discomfort may also be relevant to the claim for kidney pain.
- Claimed conditions
- kidney pain, bladder discomfort
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 27, 2019
- Citation
- 19166173
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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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