The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete information in the VA examination report and a need for further medical evaluation of the appellant's service-connected left tibia disability and osteomyelitis of the left tibia.
The deciding factor: Incomplete information in the VA examination report requires additional evaluations to determine the current severity of the service-connected conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- comminuted fracture of the left distal tibia and tibial plafond, osteomyelitis of the left tibia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 10, 2004
- Citation
- 0432734
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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
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