The appeal is remanded for additional development, including obtaining service dental treatment records and scheduling VA examinations to determine the nature and etiology of the claimed conditions.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary due to lack of substantial compliance with previous Board directives and to ensure that the Veteran receives appropriate medical evaluations.
- Claimed conditions
- dental residuals of full mouth rehabilitation, eye disorder manifested by increased intraocular pressure, recurrent uveitis, low back strain with osteoporosis and osteopenia of the lumbar spine, GERD with hiatal hernia, residuals of cholecystectomy and gastritis, residuals of a cholecystectomy
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 9, 2023
- Citation
- 23001104
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 Board granted a 10 percent rating for the Veteran's residuals of a cholecystectomy, based on intermittent abdominal pain and diarrhea characterized by one to two watery bowel movements per day.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for cervical spine disability, GERD with hiatal hernia, and sleep apnea while denying service connection for hypothyroidism, TMJ, stress headaches, and other conditions. The effective dates for the grants of service connection were not earlier than February 27, 2021.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board denied service connection for dental residuals of full mouth rehabilitation and remanded the claims for a disability rating in excess of 10 percent for GERD with hiatal hernia, a separate compensable rating for cholecystectomy residuals, a compensable rating for recurrent uveitis, and separate ratings for left and right lower extremity radiculopathy.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including PTSD, fibromyalgia, IBS, cholecystectomy, migraines, right knee injury, tinnitus, and other conditions, prevented him from securing or following substantially gainful employment prior to January 10, 2005.
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