The Board remands several issues related to service connection for various disabilities, including right and left foot disabilities, intestinal disability, skin disability, erectile dysfunction, special monthly compensation for loss of use of a creative organ, psychiatric disorder rating, effective date for the psychiatric disorder, and TDIU.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary due to insufficient evidence or potential in-service incurrences that could be linked to current disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- right foot disability, left foot disability, intestinal disability to include benign neoplasms and colon cancer, skin disability, erectile dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 4, 2022
- Citation
- 22000254
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 remands the claim for service connection for erectile dysfunction due to an inadequate VA opinion regarding its etiology.
- Denied
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- Partly granted
The Board granted a 50 percent rating for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and denied increased ratings for right shoulder impingement syndrome, hearing loss, painful scar, patellofemoral pain syndromes of the knees, and other conditions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disabilities to the AOJ for further development and consideration of evidence not previously considered.
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