The veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining medical records and scheduling a VA examination to assess the severity of his service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Board finds that there are procedural defects in the current record and requires further action to address these issues before proceeding with adjudication.
- Claimed conditions
- post-traumatic stress disorder, arthritis of the lumbosacral spine, residuals of a shell fragment wound and fracture of the right tibia and fibula, arthritis of the right hip, arthritis of the right knee, shell fragment wound scar over the left great toe with retained foreign body, abdominal scar with adhesions
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 14, 2004
- Citation
- 0401270
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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 remands the claims for service connection for arthritis of the left knee and right knee to ensure compliance with a Joint Motion for Partial Remand from the Court.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including residuals of a head injury, bilateral hearing loss, neck disability, gout of the right ankle, unspecified trauma or stress related disorder, tinnitus, and other musculoskeletal issues.
- Remanded (sent back)
The appeal was remanded to correct errors made by the AOJ in complying with an earlier Board remand, specifically to obtain outstanding private treatment records.
- Dismissed
The veteran withdrew all pending appeals, and the Board has no jurisdiction to review these issues.
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