The Board has determined that the Veteran's NOD to the July 2017 rating decision was timely filed, and thus his claims for an earlier effective date and increased rating for right shoulder strain are granted. The case is remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: The Veteran’s NOD was received within one year of the RO mailing the notification of the decision being appealed.
- Claimed conditions
- Erectile Dysfunction (ED), Loss of use of a creative organ (SMC)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 2, 2019
- Citation
- 19175996
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.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various disabilities and denied higher ratings for several service-connected conditions.
- Partly granted
The Board granted earlier effective dates for TDIU and DEA benefits, service connection for ED as secondary to a depressive disorder, and special monthly compensation based on loss of use of a creative organ.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a compensable disability rating for service-connected erectile dysfunction due to the absence of evidence of penile deformity.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for erectile dysfunction due to the Veteran's service-connected depressive disorders and musculoskeletal disabilities, but denied a total disability rating based upon individual unemployability.
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