The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection for an amputation below the right knee and remanded the secondary service connection claims due to a need for additional medical evidence. The case is now being returned to the RO for further development.
The deciding factor: The case was previously remanded by the Board due to a need for additional medical evidence, which has since been provided but not yet reviewed.
- Claimed conditions
- amputation below the right knee, left knee disorder, left ankle disorder, bilateral hip disorder, low back disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 11, 2003
- Citation
- 0323643
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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
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