The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for additional development due to incomplete VA examination opinions and lack of consideration of certain evidence.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not consider all relevant evidence, including the Veteran’s service treatment records and submitted articles, when providing their opinions on the etiology of his claimed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic stomach condition, degenerative disc disease, to include degenerative disease of the cervical spine, bilateral glaucoma, lung disease with chest polyps (sarcoidosis), prostate disorder, arthritis and joint pain, renal cancer
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 21, 2021
- Citation
- 21023870
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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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