Citation Nr: 0810764 Decision Date: 04/01/08 Archive Date: 04/14/08 DOCKET NO. 02-08 801 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Detroit, Michigan THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to service connection for residuals of a spinal cord injury. 2. Entitlement to service connection for residuals of a left hip injury. 3. Entitlement to service connection for residuals of a bilateral knee injury. 4. Entitlement to service connection for residuals of a right shoulder injury. 5. Entitlement to service connection for residuals of a right elbow injury. 6. Entitlement to service connection for residuals of a left ankle injury. REPRESENTATION Appellant represented by: Paralyzed Veterans of America, Inc. ATTORNEY FOR THE BOARD Mark Vichich, Associate Counsel INTRODUCTION The veteran served on active duty from June 1974 to November 1974. He also had verified and unverified active duty for training (ACDUTRA) and inactive duty for training (INACDUTRA) with the Michigan Army National Guard (ANG) between 1983 and 1993. This matter comes before the Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board) following Board Remand of January 2005. This matter was originally on appeal from a July 2001 rating decision of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Regional Office (RO) in Detroit, Michigan. The appeal is REMANDED to the RO via the Appeals Management Center (AMC), in Washington, DC. VA will notify the appellant if further action is required. REMAND In August 2004, the veteran testified before a Veterans Law Judge at a travel board hearing; that Veterans Law Judge is no longer with the Board. In March 2008, the Board received correspondence from the veteran in which he requested his case be remanded so that he could be provided with another hearing. The case must be remanded to satisfy his hearing request. Accordingly, the case is REMANDED for the following action: The RO should schedule the veteran for a travel board hearing at the earliest possible date. The appellant has the right to submit additional evidence and argument on the matter or matters the Board has remanded. Kutscherousky v. West, 12 Vet. App. 369 (1999). This claim must be afforded expeditious treatment. The law requires that all claims that are remanded by the Board of Veterans' Appeals or by the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims for additional development or other appropriate action must be handled in an expeditious manner. See 38 U.S.C.A. §§ 5109B, 7112 (West Supp. 2007). _________________________________________________ John E. Ormond, Jr. Veterans Law Judge, Board of Veterans' Appeals Under 38 U.S.C.A. § 7252 (West 2002), only a decision of the Board of Veterans' Appeals is appealable to the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. This remand is in the nature of a preliminary order and does not constitute a decision of the Board on the merits of your appeal. 38 C.F.R. § 20.1100(b) (2007).