The Board has determined that there may be outstanding private treatment records related to the Veteran's urinary tract infection claim and has ordered a remand for obtaining these records. The effective date of the increased rating is also under review due to potential duty-to-assist errors.
The deciding factor: There are outstanding private treatment records which need to be obtained to determine if there was a factually ascertainable increase in disability within one year prior to filing the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a urinary tract infection
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 29, 2024
- Citation
- A24015310
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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.
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- Denied
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- Denied
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