The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete service medical records and the need for a VA examination to assess the veteran's right leg scar.
The deciding factor: VA is unable to locate the veteran's service medical records, which were necessary to determine if his current condition was incurred in service. The veteran needs an examination to provide evidence of the etiology of his right leg scar.
- Claimed conditions
- right leg scar
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 13, 2006
- Citation
- 0634989
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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.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for tension headaches and eye surgery, granted a 10 percent evaluation for the right leg scar, and remanded several other issues related to service connection.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a VA examination to assess the status and etiology of the Veteran's right leg scar.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew their appeal for both the initial evaluation of PTSD and service connection for a right leg scar, resulting in the dismissal of these issues.
- Partly granted
The veteran's claim for service connection for headaches was granted due to a service-connected mental disorder. Claims for left arm scar and right leg scar were denied due to lack of current disability. The claims for right knee condition and back condition were remanded for further examination.
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