The Board denied service connection for residuals of fractures to the left and right femurs, finding no evidence that these conditions were incurred or aggravated by military service.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not show a relationship between the veteran's current disabilities and his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- fracture of the left femur, fracture of the right femur
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 1, 2003
- Citation
- 0308321
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,440 · Granted: 30% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to a failure to ensure that VA's duty to assist was satisfied. Specifically, the Veteran’s in-service injuries resulting from a motorcycle accident on August 11, 1990 are at issue and medical evidence of treatment immediately after the accident is relevant.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for additional development due to unsuccessful attempts to obtain VA and private treatment records. An SSOC must be issued before these matters are returned to the Board.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for the cause of his death, finding that there was no evidence to support a link between his service-connected disabilities and his death.
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