Citation Nr: 1333252	
Decision Date: 10/23/13    Archive Date: 10/24/13

DOCKET NO.  12-07 150	)	DATE
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On appeal from the
Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Roanoke, Virginia


THE ISSUES

1.  Entitlement to service connection for bilateral foot pain.

2.  Entitlement to service connection for left hand pain.

3.  Entitlement to service connection for bilateral hearing loss.


REPRESENTATION

Appellant represented by:	Disabled American Veterans


ATTORNEY FOR THE BOARD

C. Fields, Counsel



INTRODUCTION

The Veteran served on active duty from June 1976 to June 1996. 

This matter comes before the Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board) on appeal from an April 2011 rating decision issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Regional Office (RO) in Roanoke, Virginia.  Although the Veteran initially perfected an appeal as to the denial of additional service connection claims for neck pain, bilateral leg pain, and skin conditions, those claims were subsequently granted in full in a May 2013 rating decision; therefore, they are no longer on appeal.

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

The Veteran requested a Board hearing at the RO (Travel Board hearing) in his March 2012 substantive appeal (VA Form 9).  Such a hearing has not been scheduled, and there is no indication that the request has been withdrawn.  Rather, the Veteran's representative renewed the request for a hearing in October 2013.  As such, this case must be remanded to the RO to schedule and prepare for the requested Travel Board hearing.  See 38 C.F.R. §§ 20.703, 20.704 (2013).  

Accordingly, the case is REMANDED for the following action:

Schedule the Veteran for a Board hearing at the RO. 

The appellant has the right to submit additional evidence and argument on the matters the Board has remanded.  Kutscherousky v. West, 12 Vet. App. 369 (1999).

This claim must be afforded expeditious treatment.  All claims 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. 2013).



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ERIC S. LEBOFF
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) (2013).