The Board has remanded the case to the RO for additional development, including a VA examination to determine if the above the left knee amputation was caused or aggravated by service-connected residuals of gunshot wounds.
The deciding factor: The examiner could not say with certainty whether the service-connected condition played a role in causing or aggravating the veteran's amputation and recommended referral to a vascular specialist for further evaluation.
- Claimed conditions
- above the left knee amputation
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 6, 2000
- Citation
- 0023700
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for above the left knee amputation due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error in obtaining a VA examination and opinion.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the veteran's above the left knee amputation is proximately due to or the result of his service-connected residuals of gunshot wounds of the left thigh and leg, granting secondary service connection.
- Denied
The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for hypertension, heart disease, diabetes mellitus and above the left knee amputation.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's right shoulder disability and migraines/chronic headaches are remanded for additional development due to insufficient opinions on the etiology of her conditions.
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