The Board has decided to remand the claims for service connection for loss of sense of taste and smell, as these conditions are secondary to service-connected bilateral hearing loss or peripheral vestibular disorder. Additional development is needed to obtain a medical opinion regarding whether these conditions are proximately due to or aggravated by the service-connected disorders.
The deciding factor: The Board found that additional development was necessary to determine if the Veteran's claimed conditions are proximately due to or aggravated by his service-connected bilateral hearing loss and peripheral vestibular disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- loss of sense of taste, loss of sense of smell
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 26, 2020
- Citation
- 20043484
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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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