The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection are being remanded due to the need for additional medical examinations and development of his records.
The deciding factor: Further evidence is required as the current VA examination reports do not adequately address the severity and etiology of the Veteran's conditions, particularly regarding their relationship to military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Kidney Stone Disability, Healed Right 5th Metacarpal Fracture, Chronic Rotator Cuff Injury of the Right Shoulder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 17, 2019
- Citation
- 19194657
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,156 · Granted: 29% (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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's kidney stone disability, finding that it began during his first period of active duty and has persisted since then.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for a kidney stone disability and denied a compensable rating for hypertension. The claim for an acquired psychiatric condition was remanded.
- Granted
The Veteran's kidney stone disability is currently rated at 10 percent disabling. The Board has granted a rating of 30 percent, but no higher, for the entire appeal period.
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