The Board has determined that the Veteran's vocational rehabilitation and employment (VR&E) benefits claim requires additional evidence, including a new vocational rehabilitation evaluation considering his current symptomatology related to service-connected disabilities. The AOJ is instructed to obtain this information and associate it with the claims file.
The deciding factor: The decision was remanded due to the need for a new vocational rehabilitation evaluation that considers the Veteran's current symptomatology related to his service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- posttraumatic stress disorder, left wrist strain, lumbar strain with retrolisthesis of L5 vertebra, bilateral tinnitus, tinea versicolor, right-hand index finger fracture, left-hand index finger fracture
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 12, 2019
- Citation
- 19193590
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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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- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew the appeal for service connection for bilateral tinnitus and bilateral hearing loss, resulting in their dismissal.
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