The Board has ordered a remand for further examination to determine if the veteran suffers from any circulatory or neurological disorder of the lower extremities that is causally related to his service-connected diabetes mellitus.
The deciding factor: Further medical evaluation is needed to resolve the conflict in the medical evidence regarding the relationship between the veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus and any identified lower extremity disorders.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral lower extremity disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 15, 2006
- Citation
- 0607414
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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
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for bilateral lower extremity disability and abdominal disability due to incomplete records from the Veteran's National Guard service.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disabilities, including hernia, bilateral knee disability, bilateral foot disability, low back disability, bilateral lower extremity disability, and bilateral eye disability, due to a failure to notify the Veteran of the inability to obtain his private treatment records.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings were denied as she failed to report for scheduled VA examinations without good cause.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded all issues to obtain new medical opinions on the veteran's service connection claims.
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