The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for various conditions due to outstanding evidence and further development of the record is needed.
The deciding factor: Further development is required as there are outstanding records that may be relevant to the claims, including flight logs and travel vouchers from the Veteran's military service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss disability, diabetes mellitus, type II, ear disability (traumatic injury of the auditory canal and an open wound of the ear), glaucoma, respiratory disorder, hypertension, upper intestinal disorder (GERD), erectile dysfunction, left great toenail paronychia, gout, right foot disability (Charcot foot, right great toe ulcer, and right great toe hallux rigidus), skin disability (right foot ulcer and right knee ulcer), left upper extremity (LUE) neuropathy with pain, right upper extremity (RUE) neuropathy with pain, left lower extremity (LLE) neuropathy with pain, right lower extremity (RLE) neuropathy with pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 26, 2019
- Citation
- 19188745
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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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- Dismissed
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- Denied
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- Partly granted
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