The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence regarding his claimed conditions and exposure history. The Veteran is required to provide additional medical records and undergo a VA examination.
The deciding factor: Insufficient evidence was provided to confirm the Veteran’s current condition and its relationship to service, necessitating further investigation through an examination and review of additional medical records.
- Claimed conditions
- tinea pedis (claimed as jungle rot), residuals of filariasis due to wucheria bancrofti infection, cardiac disorder(s), lymphedema, elephantiasis, phlebitis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 27, 2019
- Citation
- 19166221
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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 service connection of phlebitis and thrombophlebitis, secondary to residuals of pericarditis, due to a lack of compliance with previous remand instructions.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the veteran's appeals for an increased rating and service connection due to erroneous docketing of the same issues.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for osteoradionecrosis, bilateral eye disability (including cataracts and glaucoma), and bilateral hearing loss. It also granted a 10% rating for hypertension, a 50% rating for chronic sinusitis with rhinitis, and a 100% rating for lymphedema. The Board denied compensable ratings for the residuals of squamous cell carcinoma of the left tonsil and neck.
- Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for lymphedema was withdrawn by the Veteran, and the Board has no jurisdiction to review it.
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