The Board has ordered further development in the veteran's case, including obtaining medical records from VA facilities and conducting additional examinations. The appeal is remanded for these purposes.
The deciding factor: The decision was not explicitly stated but implied to be based on the need for further evidence or clarification of existing evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- nerve disabilities, residuals of a fracture of the left femur, chronic ear fungus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 21, 2003
- Citation
- 0332665
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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.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected low back disability, which includes residuals of head trauma, compression fracture of the L1 vertebral body, and peripheral neuropathy of the left lower extremity, has rendered him unable to secure or maintain substantially gainful employment due to his condition. The Board finds that he meets the criteria for a TDIU.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for residuals of a left femur fracture and remanded the issue of service connection for nerve disabilities as secondary to residuals of a left femur fracture.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's injuries sustained in a May 1974 automobile accident were incurred in the line of duty. The issues of service connection for residuals of fractures and psychiatric disability will be remanded to allow for further development.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a right hip disorder, left hip disorder and lumbar spine disorder as secondary to the service-connected left femur disability. The veteran's residuals of a fracture of the left femur were not found to be manifested by malunion with slight knee or hip disability.
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