The Board is remanding the case to determine if new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the veteran's claim for service connection for a bilateral leg disability. The veteran's claim for an increased rating for his service-connected tonsillitis, status post tonsillectomy, will also be considered.
The deciding factor: The Board is remanding the case due to the need to determine if new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the veteran's claim for service connection for a bilateral leg disability.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral leg disability
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 10, 2004
- Citation
- 0403810
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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 various disabilities, including a left knee disability, bilateral hip disability, back disability, bilateral leg disability, hypertension, and gastrointestinal disability, as there has not been substantial compliance with previous remand directives.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for multiple disabilities, including shoulder, elbow, hand, leg, ankle, paralysis, hypertension, tuberculosis, eye, hernia, and vertigo, as there was no evidence of current disability or a nexus to service.
- Dismissed
The veteran withdrew her appeals for service connection and increased rating, thus the Board dismissed both matters.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a higher initial 30 percent rating for allergic rhinosinusitis and denied or remanded the other issues.
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