The Board has remanded the case for further development due to incomplete medical records and the need for a VA examination.
The deciding factor: Further development is required as there are gaps in the veteran's post-service medical history, which may affect the determination of whether his current disabilities were aggravated by service.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of polio, left leg and knee, right leg and knee, right hip, low back
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 20, 2006
- Citation
- 0601764
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Decisions by this judge: 1,515 · Granted: 20% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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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
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