The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for additional development and readjudication due to inadequate medical opinions regarding his sickle cell disease.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the previous medical opinions were not adequate in addressing the legal standards and specific evidence provided by the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- sickle cell disease, right eye glaucoma, avascular necrosis of the right hip, renal disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 26, 2020
- Citation
- 20069220
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,185 · Granted: 28% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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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- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
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