The Board has remanded the issues of service connection for chronic kidney disease, right arm skin cancer, left arm skin cancer, left upper extremity numbness, left lower extremity numbness, and right lower extremity numbness due to their complexity. The Veteran is requested to provide an additional medical opinion from outside the Department based on his medical records.
The deciding factor: The case involves complex issues related to service connection for various conditions including chronic kidney disease, skin cancer, and numbness of the upper and lower extremities, which require further clarification through expert medical opinions.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic kidney disease, right arm skin cancer, left arm skin cancer, left upper extremity numbness, left lower extremity numbness, right lower extremity numbness
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 18, 2019
- Citation
- 19179597
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.
- Dismissed
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- Partly granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions, including GERD, chronic kidney disease, COPD, a heart condition, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, insomnia, and obstructive sleep apnea, as additional development is necessary to address the Veteran's exposure to toxic chemical agents during his service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for chronic kidney disease and obstructive sleep apnea due to pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors, including inadequate medical nexus opinions.
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