The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for chronic renal insufficiency with hypertension are being remanded due to the need for additional evidentiary development and consideration of revised rating criteria.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for new medical opinions addressing changes in rating criteria and additional evidence following a previous SSOC.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic renal insufficiency with hypertension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 3, 2022
- Citation
- 22012428
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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.
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The Veteran's claim for higher disability ratings for chronic renal insufficiency with hypertension is being remanded due to the need for a new VA examination and medical opinions under both old and new rating criteria.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for a higher rating for his chronic renal insufficiency with hypertension is remanded due to the need for updated VA treatment records and another examination.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the Veteran's claims for service connection for cholesterol, increased SMC based on loss of use of a creative organ, initial rating in excess of 20 percent for diabetes mellitus type II with erectile dysfunction, increase in disability rating for chronic renal insufficiency with hypertension, separate compensable rating for hypertension, and initial rating in excess of 30 percent for bilateral cataracts are all remanded. The TDIU claim is also remanded.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the issue of eligibility for payment of attorney fees from past-due benefits due to its inextricability with another claim, specifically the evaluation of chronic renal insufficiency with hypertension. The appeal is not about service connection.
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