The Veteran's claims are being remanded to attempt to verify his service in Southwest Asia and obtain any missing personnel and medical records. The Board will then adjudicate the reopened claims based on the evidence received.
The deciding factor: Verification of the Veteran's service in Southwest Asia is required to determine if environmental exposure may be linked to his claimed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- low back disorder, headaches, left knee disorder, loss of teeth due to trauma for Department of Veterans' Affairs (VA) compensation purposes, pes planus, plantar fasciitis, right hip disorder, right fifth finger avulsion fracture, eye disorder to include double vision in the right eye, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), acquired psychiatric disorder, to include depression with anxiety, temporomandibular joint dislocation (TMJ), right wrist disorder, bilateral sciatica
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 18, 2022
- Citation
- 22069996
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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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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to the need for additional development, including obtaining SSA records and providing proper notice regarding secondary service connection.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's headaches are at least as likely as not caused by his service-connected traumatic brain injury, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete development of records and will provide a supplemental statement of the case if necessary.
- Partly granted
The Board has not made a final determination on the claims of service connection for inguinal hernia, PTSD, joint pain, fibromyalgia, left knee disability, right knee disability, tinnitus, chronic fatigue syndrome, respiratory disability, sleep disorder, IBS, and headaches. The claims are remanded to obtain additional evidence and determine if these conditions are related to service.
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