The veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for a personal hearing before a member of the Board.
The deciding factor: The case was originally developed on an additional issue but the veteran withdrew this issue from consideration. The veteran also requested another personal hearing, which has not been addressed yet.
- Claimed conditions
- postoperative residuals of varicose veins of the right leg, postoperative thrombophlebitis of the right leg
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 13, 2000
- Citation
- 0024401
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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.
- Denied
The Veteran's combined rating for his service-connected disabilities is at least 80%, but the evidence does not show that these conditions alone are of such severity as to preclude him from obtaining or maintaining substantially gainful employment.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to the need for additional medical examinations and development of records. The veteran's claim for an increased rating for postoperative varicose veins and thrombophlebitis of the right leg is pending.
- Denied
The veteran's service-connected disabilities do not render him unable to provide for his own daily self-care or unable to protect himself from the hazards or dangers incident to his daily environment, and thus he does not meet the criteria for special monthly compensation based on the need for aid and attendance.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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