The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for additional examinations and opinions to determine if his current disabilities are related to service or any other relevant factors.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for further medical examination and opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's claimed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee, left knee, eye (myopia, refractive error, hypermetropia, astigmatism), respiratory disorder (chronic bronchitis, pharyngitis, upper respiratory infections), abdominal pain and bloody stools
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 8, 2020
- Citation
- 20065475
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected left knee and right shoulder disabilities, along with compensation benefits awarded under 38 USC § 1151 for a right bicep detachment during shoulder surgery, prevented him from securing or following substantially gainful employment from December 22, 2011 to December 11, 2016.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for tinnitus but denied service connection for the remaining conditions.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the claims for earlier effective dates and higher ratings for various conditions, including left eye condition, right eye condition, hypertension, left knee, right knee, obstructive sleep apnea, and coronary artery disease (CAD), as well as denied an earlier effective date for CAD.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various disabilities, including right and left hip, right and left knee, left shoulder, callus of the left big toe, and pharyngitis, as there was no evidence to support a link between these conditions and the Veteran's active military service.
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