The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an amputation of his left leg, finding that there is no evidence to support the contention that he was en route to inactive duty training on the day of the accident.
The deciding factor: There is no credible evidence establishing that the Veteran was en route to a period of in-active duty training (IDT) on the date of the accident.
- Claimed conditions
- amputation of the left leg
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 20, 2011
- Citation
- 1115521
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
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: Partly granted
The Board denied the claim for service connection for gout and remanded the claims for service connection for type II diabetes mellitus, amputation of left leg, right lower extremity neuropathy, bilateral upper extremity neuropathy, hypertension, a vision disorder, tremors, and gout, for additional development.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's diabetes, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, amputation of the left leg, and peripheral neuropathy are all presumed to be related to his service in Thailand during the Vietnam War Era due to herbicide agent exposure.,The Board granted service connection for these conditions based on their presumptive association with herbicide exposure.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus type II, amputation of the left leg, neuropathy of both hands and right leg, hypertension, vision problems, and tremors (claimed as seizures) secondary to diabetes mellitus type II due to inextricably intertwined issues. The Veteran's exposure to herbicide agents while serving at U.S. military bases in Okinawa, Japan is also being remanded for further development.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's claims for reopening of his service connection claims for residuals of a left arm injury due to an explosion and hypertension have been granted. The reduction in the rating for service-connected residual scarring of the right shoulder from 10 percent to noncompensable effective January 31, 2011 was not proper.
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