The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the appellant's need for aid and attendance or housebound status, requiring further examination.
The deciding factor: Insufficient outpatient treatment records do not sufficiently show whether the appellant requires assistance with daily self-care tasks.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative arthritis of left knee, Chronic osteoarthritis, Right leg amputation
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 31, 2011
- Citation
- 1121007
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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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