The Veteran's renal calculi and urinary tract condition are being remanded for further examination and opinion. The rating for renal calculi prior to December 30, 2015 is denied, while a higher rating after that date is also denied.
The deciding factor: Further medical evaluation is needed to determine the nature of the Veteran's current urinary tract condition and its relationship to his service-connected renal calculi.
- Claimed conditions
- Renal calculi, Urinary tract condition (including urinary frequency and voiding dysfunction)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 27, 2023
- Citation
- 23062603
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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.
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded several issues for further development, including obtaining VA treatment records and conducting additional examinations. The Veteran's service-connected psychiatric disability (PTSD), lumbar spine disability, renal calculi, right foot disability, left forefoot and ankle disability, and bilateral lower extremity peripheral neuropathy are all at issue.
- Granted
The Veteran is granted earlier effective dates of March 31, 2014 for the grant of service connection for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, a 60 percent evaluation for Actinic keratosis, and a 30 percent evaluation for Renal calculi.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a thyroid disorder, postoperative total hysterectomy, renal calculi, and a psychiatric disability. The claim to reopen the back condition was not addressed in this decision.
- Denied
The veteran's claims for a compensable rating for renal calculi and a temporary total disability rating based on January 1997 hospitalization were denied by the Board.
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