The Board has remanded several issues due to the need for additional medical opinions regarding the relationship between service and certain disabilities.,These include lung disability, headache disability, dermatological disorder, bilateral foot disability, sleep disorder, hip strain, and ankle disability.
The deciding factor: Further evaluation is needed to determine if any of these conditions are related to service or other factors.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Testicle Disorder, Right Elbow Disability, Lung Disability (including COPD and Chronic Bronchitis), Headache Disability, Dermatological Disorder involving the Feet (including Nails) and Groin, Bilateral Foot Disability of the Bones (Pes Planus), Sleep Disorder (including Sleep Apnea), Chronic Strain of the Bilateral Hips, Bilateral Ankle Disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 7, 2020
- Citation
- 20032167
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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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's right shoulder disability, low back condition, bilateral knee disabilities, and left shoulder strain have been granted service connection. The Veteran's low back condition has been increased to a 40 percent evaluation, while the bilateral knee conditions remain at their current 10 percent evaluations.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the Veteran's current right shoulder disability is not related to service, but the right elbow disability requires further review due to a duty-to-assist error in obtaining an inadequate medical opinion.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection for a psychiatric disability and a headache disability are remanded due to duty-to-assist errors.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to duty to assist errors identified during higher-level review. The Veteran's right knee and right elbow disabilities are now subject to further development.
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