The Board has remanded the case for further development, including a dermatology examination and opinion to determine if any left thigh disorder is related to active service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner was requested to provide an opinion on whether it is at least as likely as not that any left thigh numbness is related to an in-service injury or burn.
- Claimed conditions
- left thigh numbness, residuals of burn to left thigh
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 6, 2001
- Citation
- 0125980
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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 has decided to remand the case due to inadequate opinions regarding service connection for left thigh numbness and left lower limb neuropathy, including a lack of consideration of causation and aggravation.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to new evidence indicating that the Veteran's conditions are related to his exposure at Camp Lejeune and radiation treatment.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has found that additional evidence is needed to determine if new and material evidence has been received for several service connection claims, including sleep apnea, hypertension, diabetes mellitus type 2, left leg injury residuals, bilateral knee arthritis, left thigh numbness (secondary to lumbar strain), gout, depression, and high cholesterol. The Veteran's SSA records are requested as they may be relevant.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including stomach pain, restless leg syndromes, and a right shoulder disability. The evidence submitted did not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating these claims.
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