The Board has remanded the case for further development and readjudication due to issues related to earlier effective dates for service connection.
The deciding factor: The Court found that the issue of whether an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for multiple sclerosis is inextricably intertwined with the claims on appeal for an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for bladder dysfunction and for additional allowance for dependency benefits.
- Claimed conditions
- Bladder dysfunction, Multiple sclerosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 9, 2021
- Citation
- 21068280
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
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- Denied
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