The Board has remanded the case due to the need for additional development, including a VA medical opinion regarding whether the veteran's current left leg and knee disabilities are related to an injury during service.
The deciding factor: The decision is being remanded because there is insufficient evidence to determine if the veteran's current disabilities are related to his in-service injury without further examination and opinion from a VA medical examiner.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of left leg injury, residuals of left knee injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 14, 2006
- Citation
- 0638945
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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.
- Granted
The veteran was granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to his service-connected disabilities preventing him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation.
- Partly granted
Service connection for tinnitus is granted. All other issues are remanded for further review.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of right and left knee injuries due to lack of new and relevant evidence.
- Denied
The petition to reopen the claim of entitlement to service connection for residuals of a left leg injury was denied. The Veteran's claims for heart condition, major depressive disorder, and migraine headaches were also denied.
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