The Board has remanded the case to the RO for additional development, including obtaining treatment records and providing a medical opinion.
The deciding factor: The VA failed in its duty to assist the veteran by not obtaining all relevant treatment records and by having an inadequate examination that did not address the proximate cause of any additional disability.
- Claimed conditions
- amputation of the right foot, left foot disability due to weight transfer as a result of the right foot amputation, additional lower back disability, claimed as due to aggravation as a result of the right foot amputation
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 19, 2006
- Citation
- 0629729
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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
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