The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for various lower extremity and neck disorders due to a lack of medical opinions addressing whether these conditions are proximately due or aggravated by his service-connected right knee disorder.
The deciding factor: Medical opinions are needed regarding whether the Veteran's claimed disorders are caused or aggravated by his service-connected right knee disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- lower back disorder (lumbosacral strain with degenerative arthritis), neck disorder (cervical strain with degenerative arthritis), left knee disorder (degenerative arthritis), right ankle disorder (collateral ligament strain), left ankle disorder (collateral ligament strain), right foot disorder (pes planus), left foot disorder (pes planus)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 21, 2023
- Citation
- A23037073
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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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- Dismissed
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- Dismissed
The claim of entitlement to service connection for bilateral hearing loss has been granted by the agency of original jurisdiction. The claims for other conditions have been remanded.
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