The Board has remanded the case for further development to determine if the Veteran's right lower extremity thrombophlebitis was caused by a soft tissue injury in service.
The deciding factor: The Board directed that a physician review the file and provide an opinion on whether the soft tissue injury in service is more likely than not, at least as likely as not, or less likely than not, the cause of the Veteran's thrombophlebitis.
- Claimed conditions
- right lower extremity thrombophlebitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 8, 2009
- Citation
- 0921441
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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
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 additional development, including obtaining her SSA records and scheduling VA examinations to assess the severity of her service-connected conditions.
- Denied
The Veteran's right lower extremity thrombophlebitis has been productive of persistent edema, stasis pigmentation, pain, fatigue and aching after prolonged standing or walking, intermittent ulceration, and palpable varicose veins. The Board finds that the symptoms do not warrant a rating in excess of 40 percent.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's right lower extremity thrombophlebitis is related to an injury he sustained in service, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for additional development due to recent information received.
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