The Board has decided to remand the case due to a lack of service treatment records, and requests for such records have not been properly submitted. The appellant is seeking service connection for a double hernia disability.
The deciding factor: Service treatment records are needed to determine if the Veteran had a hernia disability in service.
- Claimed conditions
- double hernia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 17, 2023
- Citation
- 23002630
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a double hernia, finding that the probative evidence did not support a link between the condition and his military service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient clarification of the Veteran's diagnosis and etiology of his double hernia condition, as well as a need for an addendum opinion.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claim for service connection of a double hernia due to insufficient evidence and the need for a VA medical opinion.
- Granted
The Veteran's service connection claims for residuals of double hernia and an acquired psychiatric disorder (diagnosed as panic disorder) have been granted.
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