The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for bilateral hearing loss, left shoulder condition, left knee condition, right knee condition, left foot condition, right foot condition, left-hand condition, and right-hand condition due to a lack of in-service records. Additional attempts should be made to obtain any missing service treatment records and efforts should be made to obtain earlier private medical records.
The deciding factor: The Board finds that additional development is needed as there are insufficient service treatment records to make a determination on the Veteran's claims for bilateral hearing loss, left shoulder condition, left knee condition, right knee condition, left foot condition, right foot condition, left-hand condition, and right-hand condition. The Veteran has provided testimony regarding his exposure to noise during service and symptoms of joint pain and inflammation post-service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss, left shoulder condition, left knee condition, right knee condition, left foot condition, right foot condition, left-hand condition, right-hand condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 21, 2022
- Citation
- 22059196
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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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