The Board has remanded the Veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for urinary frequency, including as secondary to his service-connected hypertension. The case is being returned for further development and an additional VA opinion.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not address the Veteran’s subjective reports of increased urinary frequency during the examination, which may affect the determination of whether the condition is related to military service or caused by his service-connected hypertension.
- Claimed conditions
- Urinary Frequency
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 19, 2020
- Citation
- 20020387
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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).
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Whole decision: Denied
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- Whole decision: Denied
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