The Board is remanding the case for further development, including obtaining VA medical records from the veteran's release from service in December 1945 to June 2000. The case will be readjudicated after this additional development.
The deciding factor: VA has not fully satisfied its duty to assist in obtaining evidence necessary to reopen the previously denied claim for service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of an injury to the right leg, arthritic change
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 19, 2005
- Citation
- 0525576
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for right knee arthritis, venous ulcers of the right leg, and residuals of an injury to the right leg as they are likely due to the Veteran's in-service gunshot wound.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded to the RO for scheduling a hearing before a Veterans Law Judge, and further development may be required.
- Denied
The Board found that new and material evidence had not been received to reopen the claim for service connection for residuals of an injury to the right leg, including arthritic change. The decision denied the reopening of the claim.
- Denied
The Board found no evidence of a current disability related to service and denied the veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of back injury, right hip injury, and right leg injury.
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