The veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining verification of combat-related experiences and providing the veteran with a VA examination to assess his current disability status.
The deciding factor: The veteran has requested an RO hearing but failed to report. The case requires further development due to incomplete medical records and unverified combat experience claims.
- Claimed conditions
- left femur fracture, fractures of left second, third, and fifth toes, hemorrhoids with postoperative perianal abscess, left kidney rupture, chondritis of sternum
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 17, 2004
- Citation
- 0422534
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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.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for a higher rating for his left femur fracture with degenerative arthritis of the left knee was dismissed because there was no appealable decision on this issue in the year preceding the June 2021 Notice of Disagreement.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for TDIU, finding that his service-connected disabilities do not prevent him from securing and following substantially gainful employment.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the case to obtain additional evidence and ensure compliance with prior remand directives.
- Granted
The veteran is granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected disabilities from December 28, 2003, to February 6, 2011.
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