The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for right shoulder disorder, left leg sciatic nerve disorder, and pelvic pain due to inadequate VA medical opinions. The case is returned to the AOJ for further development.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners did not provide sufficient rationale or evidence to support their conclusions regarding the etiology of the Veteran's claimed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- right-shoulder disorder, left-leg sciatic nerve disorder, pelvic pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 4, 2022
- Citation
- 22026479
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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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew all appeals related to service connection for urinary pain, ejaculation pain, groin pain, pelvic pain, and sleep disturbance.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) and remanded several issues for further development, while dismissing or denying service connection for various conditions.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for depression, pelvic pain, uterine fibroids, and Tietze syndrome. The initial compensable rating claims for iron deficiency anemia and thyroid enlargement were also denied.
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