The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient initial adjudication of certain issues and for an addendum opinion on his TBI residuals.

The deciding factor: The RO failed to take action on the claims of entitlement to service connection for anorexia, back disability, sore throat, claustrophobia, and a psychiatric disability in accordance with prior remand directives. Additionally, the examiner's opinions regarding the Veteran's TBI residuals were conflicting and did not address all relevant factors.

Claimed conditions

blindness, glaucoma, hypertension, TBI, rheumatoid arthritis, right shoulder disability, left shoulder disability, left elbow disability, right elbow disability, right wrist disability, left wrist disability, disability of the right toes, left leg disability, jaw disability, right hip disability, left hip disability, right knee disability, left knee disability, right ankle disability, left ankle disability, bilateral pes planus, left foot bunion, right foot bunion, residuals of a rib fracture, right-hand disability, left-hand disability, tonsillitis, dizzy spells, chronic fatigue, pharyngitis, allergies/hay fever, respiratory disorder, sleep apnea, cardiac disability, ulcer, gastritis, gastrointestinal disability (manifested by gas and stomach problems), GERD, kidney disability, lipoma of the left chest, obesity, left arm disability, disability of the left fingers, disability of the right fingers, disability of the left toes

How they argued it

Direct service connection

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

March 18, 2021

Citation

21015817

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