The veteran claims service connection for a right lower extremity disability, including a right foot injury sustained in 1965. The claim is being remanded to obtain additional medical records and conduct further examination.
The deciding factor: The claim requires additional evidence from the veteran regarding his treatment during service and any relevant criminal investigation reports.
- Claimed conditions
- right lower extremity disability, right foot injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 28, 2001
- Citation
- 0123811
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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.
- Dismissed
The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's death before it could be adjudicated.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for right lower extremity disability, psychiatric disorder, and hypertension as further development is needed.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for various service-connected disabilities, including stress fracture of the left foot with pain, right foot injury, right knee pain, left ankle tendonitis, and hallux valgus on both feet, as well as left ear hearing loss.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew the appeal for claims related to a compensable rating for right ear hearing loss, and service connection for left ear hearing loss and a right foot injury.
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