The veteran claims service connection for injuries to his right leg sustained during active duty in Vietnam. However, the available records do not support this claim and additional development is needed to determine if there was an injury and its relationship to current disability.
The deciding factor: There are no medical records confirming the claimed injury or its relation to current disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a right leg injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 26, 2004
- Citation
- 0420107
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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.
- Partly granted
The Board has denied service connection for residuals of a left leg injury but remanded the claim for residuals of a right leg injury. The evidence does not support a finding that the Veteran was diagnosed with residuals of a left leg injury related to service.
- Denied
The Board denied the claims for service connection for a right fifth finger disorder and residuals of a right leg injury due to the Veteran's failure to report for scheduled VA examinations without good cause.
- Denied
The Board denied reopening and service connection for residuals of a left ankle injury, right leg injury, and left leg injury due to lack of new and material evidence.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of various injuries due to procedural issues with the appeal process.
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