Citation Nr: 1340311	
Decision Date: 12/06/13    Archive Date: 12/20/13

DOCKET NO.  10-23 395	)	DATE
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On appeal from the
Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Huntington, West Virginia


THE ISSUES

1.  Entitlement to service connection for bilateral hearing loss.

2.  Entitlement to service connection for residuals of a left wrist injury.

3.  Entitlement to service connection for bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome.

4.  Entitlement to an initial rating in excess of 30 percent for migraines.

5.  Entitlement to an initial rating in excess of 30 percent for a psychiatric disability.

6.  Entitlement to an initial rating in excess of 20 percent for a lower back disability.


REPRESENTATION

Veteran represented by:	David Huffman, Attorney


ATTORNEY FOR THE BOARD

Jennifer R. White, Counsel


INTRODUCTION

The Veteran served on active duty from August 1994 to October 2003.

This case comes before the Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board) on appeal from a June 2009 rating decision of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Regional Office (RO).

The appeal is REMANDED to the RO.  VA will notify the Veteran if further action is required.


REMAND

The Veteran was scheduled for a Travel Board hearing at the Huntington RO in July 2013.  The Veteran requested a postponement of his hearing for health reasons.  Good cause for rescheduling his hearing having been shown, the case must be returned to the RO to schedule such hearing.  

Accordingly, the case is REMANDED for the following action:

Schedule the Veteran for a Travel Board hearing before a Veterans Law Judge. 

The Veteran 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).

These claims 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. 2013).



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M.N. HYLAND
Acting 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).