The Board has determined that additional development is needed to determine if the veteran's service-connected disabilities, singly or in combination with any side effects from medications for these disabilities, render him unable to maintain or secure substantially gainful employment.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not clearly indicate how the veteran's service-connected disabilities alone or in combination with any side effects from medications affect his ability to work.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of cold injuries to the feet, right knee disability (status post ACL repair), right ankle disability (status post open reduction internal fixation)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 28, 2008
- Citation
- 0837084
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for a videoconference hearing before the Board of Veterans' Appeals.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided that a hearing before the Board is necessary and has been scheduled for a videoconference hearing.
- Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's request for a waiver of overpayment in the amount of $1,046.00 due to financial hardship and undue economic hardship resulting from recovery.
- Denied
The Board has determined that there are no current residuals of cold injuries to the feet, and thus service connection for this condition is denied.
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