The Board has remanded the case due to outstanding requests for hearings and will handle it expeditiously.
The deciding factor: The veteran's request for a Travel Board hearing remains outstanding, necessitating further action by scheduling a personal hearing before a traveling member of the Board of Veterans' Appeals.
- Claimed conditions
- left thigh disability
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 20, 2004
- Citation
- 0410196
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected right shoulder and left thigh disabilities, finding that the evidence of record did not support a higher rating.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for initial compensable disability ratings for right and left hip and thigh disabilities due to inadequate VA examination.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 10 percent rating for the Veteran's back disability from October 14, 2014 to January 3, 2015 and denied higher ratings at other times. The Board also granted separate 10 percent ratings for right and left lower extremity radiculopathy.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for left thigh disability, left shoulder disability, and right trapezius strain based on the evidence supporting a medical nexus between each condition and the Veteran's in-service injuries.
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