The Board has remanded the cases due to incomplete records and for clarification on the relationship between the Veteran's hearing loss and dizziness.
The deciding factor: Incomplete service treatment records were not obtained as per previous Board directives, and the relationship between the Veteran’s hearing loss and his symptoms of dizziness and balance issues need further clarification.
- Claimed conditions
- eye disability manifested by visual problems and sensitivity to light, genitourinary disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 17, 2020
- Citation
- 20061272
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
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- Dismissed
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for bilateral hearing loss and a genitourinary disability, including erectile dysfunction, penile skin nodule, and status-post prostate cancer. The case will be returned to the RO for further development.
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