The Veteran's claims for service connection have been reopened due to the submission of new evidence. The cases are remanded for further examination and opinion regarding his left-hand, right-hand, and sinus conditions.
The deciding factor: New evidence has been submitted that relates to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claim for service connection for a sinus condition (worsening during service).
- Claimed conditions
- Sinus Condition, Left-Hand Disability, Right-Hand Disability
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 26, 2019
- Citation
- 19189540
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,680 · Granted: 24% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for a separate rating for cancer of the larynx, status post radiation, with a sinus condition as the most persuasive evidence does not support finding that his current sinus condition is caused or aggravated by his service-connected cancer of the larynx.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied a disability rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD and remanded claims for service connection for sinus condition, gastrointestinal disorder, hypertension, right knee disability, and left knee disability.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for irritable bowel syndrome and a sinus condition was withdrawn by the appellant before the Board promulgated a decision.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has granted service connection for Obstructive Sleep Apnea and has remanded the claims of service connection for Left-Hand Disability, Right-Hand Disability, and Cervical Spine Disability.
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