The Veteran's service connection claims for various conditions are denied. The Board has remanded several of the issues due to insufficient evidence or conflicting medical opinions.
The deciding factor: There is no clear and unmistakable evidence that any of the claimed disabilities were aggravated by service, and there is insufficient evidence to establish a current disability in many cases.
- Claimed conditions
- hyperlipidemia, dyslipidemia, bilateral hearing loss disability, left knee disability, bilateral pes planus, left shoulder disability, hypertension, glucose intolerance, anemia, left ventricular hypertrophy, fatty liver disease, splenomegaly, right lower extremity varicose vein, right lower extremity venous insufficiency, left lower extremity venous insufficiency, right groin muscle strain, bilateral lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, Immune/Idiopathic Thrombocarpnia Purpura (ITP)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 14, 2021
- Citation
- 21063496
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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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