The Board has remanded the case for further development and evaluation of the Veteran's urinary tract disability, including a new VA examination to assess its current severity. The issues include determining if the reduction in his service-connected urothelial carcinoma rating was proper and whether he should receive continued SMC based on housebound status.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there may not be an accurate reflection of the Veteran's current urinary tract disability severity, necessitating a new VA examination to assess this condition.
- Claimed conditions
- urinary tract disability, urothelial carcinoma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 10, 2020
- Citation
- 20002521
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,699 · Granted: 17% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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
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