The Board has ordered a remand for additional development regarding the Veteran's claims for increased ratings for thrombo-angiitis obliterans and varicose veins. The Veteran is required to provide more specific information about the distance at which claudication occurs and any disease processes attributed to his leg cramping.
The deciding factor: The Board requires a VA examiner to determine the specific distances and disease processes related to the Veteran's symptoms for proper evaluation of his claims.
- Claimed conditions
- thrombo-angiitis obliterans, bilateral with bilateral sympathectomy and dystrophy reflex with intermittent claudication, lower extremities, varicose veins, bilateral lower extremities
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 25, 2010
- Citation
- 1040000
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for a neck condition, plantar fasciitis, left ankle condition, and varicose veins to ensure that VA's duty to assist is followed and that the Veteran is afforded every possible consideration.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeals for an increased rating for varicose veins and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability.
- Dismissed
The appeals regarding the deferred claims for service connection for varicose veins and total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) are dismissed as there was no final adjudicative determination to which a Notice of Disagreement could be filed.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for multiple conditions, but granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus.
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