The Board has remanded the case due to the need for additional development, including obtaining medical opinions regarding the etiology of the appellant's lower extremity amputations and their relationship to his service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The claim is being remanded because further examination and opinion are needed to determine if the appellant's service-connected spinal disability caused or aggravated his peripheral vascular disease leading to the need for amputation of his lower extremities.
- Claimed conditions
- amputations of the right and left lower extremities
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 18, 2006
- Citation
- 0639323
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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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