The veteran's claim for an increased rating in excess of 30 percent for the service-connected residuals of fractures of the right tibia and fibula is being remanded due to incomplete development. The RO must ensure all notification and development required by the Veterans Claims Assistance Act of 2000 are completed, including providing specific notice as to the type of evidence necessary to substantiate his claim and developing for that evidence.
The deciding factor: The veteran's claim requires additional development under the Veterans Claims Assistance Act of 2000.
- Claimed conditions
- fractures of the right tibia and fibula
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 21, 2003
- Citation
- 0316746
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
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 remanded the case for additional development, including a more recent VA examination and consideration of additional evidence.
- Remanded (sent back)
The veteran's claim for an increased rating for his right tibia and fibula fracture residuals is being remanded due to the need for additional development, including a VA examination.
- Denied
The veteran fractured his right tibia and fibula while playing recreational softball at the VA Domiciliary in Dublin, Georgia. The injury was not due to any fault or negligence on the part of the VA caretakers.
- 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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