The Board has remanded the case for further development due to the Veteran's request for VA medical records from San Francisco VAMC.
The deciding factor: The Veteran requested additional VA treatment records, and the RO is directed to obtain these records as they are pertinent evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- right leg disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 15, 2010
- Citation
- 1026471
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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
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- Denied
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