The Board has remanded the claims for further development due to missing service treatment records and outstanding private medical records. The Veteran's SSN may be incorrect, and a search should be conducted using both correct and incorrect numbers.
The deciding factor: The Board found that additional development is necessary due to incomplete service treatment records and outstanding private medical records.
- Claimed conditions
- skeletal arthritis (including in the lumbar spine, cervical spine, bilateral knee, bilateral hip, bilateral shoulder, bilateral elbow, and fingers of the bilateral hand), bilateral hearing loss disability, cold weather injury of the bilateral upper and lower extremities, hemorrhoids, hiatal hernia, GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease), lower bowel disability (to include diverticulitis), hepatitis C, erectile dysfunction, right carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), left CTS, psychiatric disorder, claimed as PTSD and depression, hypertension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 17, 2024
- Citation
- 24016357
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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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