The Veteran's claims for compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for right and left femoral neuropathy are being remanded due to incomplete records and the need for further development.
The deciding factor: Incomplete VA records require additional development before a decision can be made on the Veteran's claims.
- Claimed conditions
- right femoral neuropathy, left femoral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 4, 2010
- Citation
- 1000271
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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).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's right femoral neuropathy is granted as service connected, with the opinion that it was incurred during his in-service hernia repair.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran was granted a TDIU from August 20, 2020 to September 9, 2021 due to service-connected knee and neurological disabilities. The effective date is set at August 20, 2020 as the evidence shows the Veteran was employed in a protected work environment during this period.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have prevented him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation, and the Board has granted TDIU.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's right femoral neuropathy is granted as service connected. The claim for any other right lower extremity disability, to include right knee arthritis, is denied.
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