The Board has remanded the case due to an issue with obtaining private treatment records from Dr. Soose, and the Veteran must be notified of this unavailability before a decision is made.
The deciding factor: VA failed to notify the Veteran that it was unable to obtain Dr. Soose's records and did not provide the opportunity for the Veteran to submit any other relevant records.
- Claimed conditions
- inner ear disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 25, 2019
- Citation
- 19188830
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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.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and remanded several other claims, including tinnitus, otitis externa, inner ear disability, vertigo, depression, dementia, hypertension, skin cancer, sleep disability, and increased evaluations for left hand strain.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has granted service connection for tinnitus but has remanded the issues of service connection for bilateral hearing loss and/or an inner ear disability.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to outstanding private medical records and need for additional opinions regarding his claimed disabilities.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for right lower extremity sciatica associated with the Veteran's service-connected lumbosacral spine strain, but remanded claims for service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and sleep apnea.
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