The Board has remanded the cases for further review due to new evidence being added by the AOJ. The Veteran and his representative have not waived AOJ consideration of this additional evidence.
The deciding factor: New evidence was added by the AOJ, but the Veteran did not waive AOJ consideration of this evidence in his response form.
- Claimed conditions
- status post right inguinal herniorrhaphy with scars, low back benign intradermal inclusion cysts
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 23, 2022
- Citation
- 22036242
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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.
- Granted
The Veteran's status post right inguinal herniorrhaphy with scars is granted a 30 percent rating.,Prior to March 14, 2014, the Veteran's low back benign intradermal inclusion cysts are granted a 20 percent rating. Since March 14, 2014, the Veteran's low back benign intradermal inclusion cysts are granted a 30 percent rating.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for a left upper extremity neurological disability and granted an increased rating of 10 percent for status post right inguinal herniorrhaphy with scars (inguinal scars). The low back benign intradermal inclusion cysts were also granted, but only prior to March 14, 2014.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for his service-connected coronary artery disease, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on the severity of his condition.
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