The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including an examination and consideration of whether an extraschedular rating is warranted.
The deciding factor: The Joint Motion and Court Order indicated that the veteran's claim must be remanded to afford him an additional examination and determine his entitlement to an extraschedular rating.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of wounds to muscle groups XIII and XV, right
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 13, 2008
- Citation
- 0819609
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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's right thigh disability has been found to be a through-and-through injury with an entrance and exit wound, initial infection, and intermuscular scarring. The disability affects the Veteran's employment due to muscle weakness, fatigue, and uncertainty of movement. Considering all factors, the benefit of doubt is given to the Veteran, and he is now rated at 40 percent for his service-connected disability.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for an increased rating for his service-connected residuals of wounds to muscle groups XIII and XV, right, and service connection for a back disorder and pelvis disorder secondary to these conditions. The evidence did not support granting any of the requested benefits.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for his service-connected coronary artery disease, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on the severity of his condition.
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