The Board has remanded the claims for an ear disability and a right knee disability due to incomplete development, including obtaining additional medical opinions.
The deciding factor: Incomplete development of the claims, specifically missing VA examinations and opinions related to the Veteran's claimed disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Ear disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 27, 2020
- Citation
- 20056835
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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).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for an ear disability and Meniere's disease, finding that there was not sufficient evidence to support a relationship between these conditions and his military service or any service-connected disabilities.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for an ear disability but remanded claims for a heart disability and eczema due to potential exposure to toxins.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service connection claims for allergies, a lumbar spine disability, right leg and left leg disabilities, diabetes mellitus type II (DMII), endometriosis, headaches, multiple sclerosis (MS), right shoulder strain, and an ear disability have been denied. The Board has found that the preponderance of evidence is against finding a link between these conditions and service.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's current ear disability, including his vertigo and associated dizziness, is at least as likely as not caused by a head injury he sustained during service. As such, the claim for service connection for an ear disability is granted.
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