The Board has remanded the claims for further development and adjudication due to new evidence indicating potential secondary service connection.
The deciding factor: The Veteran now claims his bilateral leg and knee disorders are related to his bilateral feet disorders, which is a new theory of entitlement not previously considered by the Board.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral leg disorders, bilateral knee disorders
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 16, 2010
- Citation
- 1047083
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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 the cause of the Veteran's death, finding that side effects from prescribed medications contributed substantially and materially to his accidental motorcycle collision resulting in fatal injuries.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board is unable to make a decision on the service connection claims without first determining whether the Appellant's misconduct was due to his psychiatric symptoms and obtaining a medical opinion regarding his mental status at the time of his misconduct.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's appeal due to delays in adjudication and requests for additional evidence. The issues of service connection for left shoulder disorder, right upper extremity disorder, right hand disorder, and bilateral knee disorders are being remanded for further development.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's service connection for tinnitus was granted, while the claim for bilateral hearing loss was denied. Several other claims were remanded.
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