The Board has remanded the case to the RO for further examination and readjudication of the service connection issues.
The deciding factor: The Joint Motion instructed that VA should afford the appellant another physical examination in order to determine the nature and etiology of any current disabilities related to his service.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of frozen feet, residuals of bilateral leg injuries
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 18, 2005
- Citation
- 0527985
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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 Veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of frozen feet, residuals of frozen hands, a back disability (to include arthritis), bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and a mouth sore disability have all been denied. The Board found no evidence to support the Veteran's assertions that these conditions were incurred in or due to his time in service.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the appeal due to the Veteran's death while the case was pending before the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities make him unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation, warranting a total disability rating based on individual unemployability.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for residuals of frozen feet in June 1985, concluding that the evidence did not support a finding of service connection. The Veteran's motion alleging clear and unmistakable error (CUE) was denied.
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