The Veteran's dysphonia disability is currently rated at 10 percent, and the Board has decided to remand this issue for further development.
The deciding factor: Further medical evidence is needed to determine the current severity of the Veteran's service-connected dysphonia.
- Claimed conditions
- dysphonia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 4, 2024
- Citation
- 24000566
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Decisions by this judge: 3,217 · Granted: 46% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
The appeal is remanded to obtain the original signed consent document for a neck surgery in March 2022. The veteran claims VA negligence caused vocal cord paralysis and dysphonia.
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