The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the appellant's need for regular aid and assistance or housebound status due to service-connected disability. The VA is instructed to request an evaluation from the appellant's nursing facility and obtain all relevant treatment records.
The deciding factor: The claimant requires a medical evaluation to determine if he needs regular aid and assistance or housebound status due to his service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of gunshot wound, right femur with fracture and retained foreign body, total right hip replacement, status post left total knee replacement, excision right patella with degenerative changes
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 5, 2007
- Citation
- 0731488
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
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- Granted
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- Denied
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