The veteran is seeking service connection for stasis ulcers and numbness of the right leg, which he claims are secondary to his service-connected coronary artery disease. The case has been remanded due to a request for a Travel Board hearing.
The deciding factor: The veteran requested a Travel Board hearing, which must be scheduled before further appellate review can proceed.
- Claimed conditions
- stasis ulcers, numbness of the right leg
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 26, 2006
- Citation
- 0622055
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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.
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- Granted
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- Partly granted
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