The Board remands all service connection claims for further development, including verification of the Veteran's periods of active duty and related records.
The deciding factor: Further development is required to verify the Veteran's periods of active duty and obtain relevant service personnel records.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hearing loss, Acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, anxiety, and depression, Right shoulder disability, Left elbow disability, Right elbow disability, Left wrist disability, Right wrist disability, Left hip disability, Right hip disability, Left knee disability, Right knee disability, Left ankle disability, Right ankle disability, Left foot disability, Right foot disability
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 8, 2024
- Citation
- A24064032
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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder to ensure a proper examination and etiology opinion are provided.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for chronic headaches, CFS, dermatosis, bilateral RLS, a lumbar spine disability, and sleep apnea but denied a compensable evaluation for allergic rhinitis.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for increased ratings for right and left shoulder disabilities, as the evidence did not support a higher rating under applicable criteria.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, as there was no evidence of a current disability in the right ear and insufficient evidence to establish a nexus between the left ear hearing loss and service.
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