The Board has remanded several claims related to the Veteran's service connection for various eye and joint conditions due to incomplete medical records and the need for additional VA medical opinions.
The deciding factor: Incomplete treatment records from the Nashville VAMC are needed, and a VA medical opinion is required for the left eye condition.
- Claimed conditions
- arthritis of the bilateral shoulders, degenerative arthritis of the cervical spine, arthritis of the bilateral feet, degenerative joint disease of the right hip, degenerative joint disease of the left hip, right eye condition, left eye condition
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 30, 2023
- Citation
- 23063596
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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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- Denied
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- Denied
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- Partly granted
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- Denied
The Board denied service connection for all claimed conditions as there was no evidence of a current disability, and the claims were not supported by competent medical or lay evidence.
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