The Veteran's appeal is remanded for further development and examination to address eligibility for home adaptations, financial assistance, service connection for erectile dysfunction, special monthly compensation, and hearing loss.
The deciding factor: The appeals are inextricably intertwined due to the need for additional medical examinations and records. The issues require clarification of the Veteran's functional limitations and etiology of his conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- coronary artery disease with myocardial hypoxia, posttraumatic stress disorder with bipolar disorder, gastroesophageal reflux disease, residual of status post-operative duodenal-jejunal intussusception with acute entritis and bowel dilation, residuals, left ankle sprain with achilles tendonitis and posterior calcaneal spur, two post-operative surgical scars associated with coronary artery disease with myocardial hypoxia
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 22, 2019
- Citation
- 19180120
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,874 · Granted: 33% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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.
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