The Board has remanded several claims for additional development, including obtaining private treatment records and issuing a supplemental statement of the case (SSOC). The issues include ratings for various disabilities related to TBI, cervical spine, thoracolumbar spine, right shoulder, right knee, left carpal tunnel syndrome, right carpal tunnel syndrome, left thumb sprain, right thumb disability, left hip disability, right hip disability, eye disability, ulnar nerve paresthesias, ankle and wrist disabilities, nausea, constipation, and other conditions.
The deciding factor: The Board has determined that additional development is necessary to obtain private treatment records and issue a supplemental statement of the case (SSOC) for several issues on appeal.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a traumatic brain injury (TBI), degenerative disc disease of the cervical spine, degenerative changes of the thoracolumbar spine, right shoulder disability, right knee chondromalacia patella with osteoarthritis, left carpal tunnel syndrome, right carpal tunnel syndrome, left thumb sprain, right thumb disability, left hip disability, right hip disability, eye disability (status post-PRK), left ulnar nerve paresthesias, right ulnar nerve paresthesias, left ankle disability, right ankle disability, disability manifested by nausea, left wrist disability, right wrist disability, paresthesias of the left lower extremity, paresthesias of the right lower extremity, fatigue, hyperlipidemia (high cholesterol), alopecia and/or hair loss (telogen effluvium), esophageal web, gastritis, disability manifested by constipation
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 6, 2021
- Citation
- 21072873
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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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