The Veteran's renal disorder is being remanded for further evaluation due to incomplete medical records and the need for a new VA opinion. The issue of service connection remains under consideration.
The deciding factor: Incomplete medical records and the need for a new VA opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's renal disorder have been identified as reasons for remanding this case.
- Claimed conditions
- Renal disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 13, 2021
- Citation
- 21063085
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to outstanding records and the need for nexus opinions regarding his psychiatric disorder, DM, renal disorder, prostate cancer, and ED. The claims are related to exposure at Camp Lejeune.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for further development and readjudication due to new evidence added since the last Supplemental Statement of the Case.
- Denied
The Veteran's renal disorder was not incurred in service and cannot be presumed to have been incurred due to exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune. The Board denied the claim as there is no direct evidence linking the condition to service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to additional development being necessary, including obtaining an addendum opinion from a VA physician regarding whether the Veteran's renal disorder is caused by or aggravated by his service-connected diabetes mellitus type II.
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