The Veteran's appeal is being remanded to the RO for further development, including obtaining treatment records from the Texarkana VA Medical Center and readjudicating his claims for increased disability ratings for left leg varicose veins and residuals of a left knee injury with degenerative changes. The issue of total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) is also being remanded.
The deciding factor: The Veteran has raised the issue of TDIU, which requires further development to obtain his VA treatment records from the Texarkana VA Medical Center and determine if he is unemployable due to his service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- left leg varicose veins, residuals of left knee injury with degenerative changes
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 11, 2009
- Citation
- 0934050
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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 Board has granted service connection for left hip joint replacement with end-stage degenerative joint disease and left leg varicose veins, finding that the Veteran's current conditions are causally related to his active duty service.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for increased ratings in excess of 20 percent for cervical spondylosis with cervical strain and intervertebral disc syndrome, left upper extremity radiculopathy, and left leg varicose veins have been dismissed.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matter for further development, specifically to obtain an adequate VA examination that considers the Veteran's lay statements and without considering the ameliorative effects of any medication he is on.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a left leg varicose veins to correct a duty to assist error by obtaining an adequate medical opinion.
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