The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for further development, including an examination of her lower extremities and obtaining any additional medical records.
The deciding factor: Further development is required to determine the extent of the Veteran's disability involving her lower extremities and whether she requires adaptive equipment or a vehicle due to these disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- lower extremities
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 17, 2009
- Citation
- 0935058
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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
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
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- Whole decision: Denied
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for specially adapted housing, special home adaptation grant, and SMC based on the need for regular aid and attendance are remanded due to incomplete records. The Board requests that the Veteran provides authorization for VA to obtain relevant private treatment records from Tricare.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded several claims due to outstanding SSA disability records for the Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including those of the spine and lower extremities.
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