The veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining medical records and conducting examinations to assess the severity of his service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The case was remanded due to incomplete information and need for updated examination reports.
- Claimed conditions
- muscle injury, status post shell fragment wound to the right leg with retained fragments, status post shell fragment wound to the left ankle
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 22, 2006
- Citation
- 0636422
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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 granted service connection for squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue and its secondary conditions, but dismissed the appeal for other issues due to withdrawal by the Veteran.
- Denied
The veteran's claims for increased ratings for muscle injury, status post shell fragment wounds to the right leg with retained fragments and status post shell fragment wound to the left ankle were denied as the clinical manifestations of these conditions are no more than moderate in severity.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that a remand is necessary to address the veteran's claims for service-connected scars of the right and left scapulae, as well as any potential muscle injury related to his gunshot wounds. The RO should consider whether separate ratings are warranted for any muscle injuries found.
- Granted
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