The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining VA and private medical records from a neurosurgeon and providing the Veteran with a VA examination to determine the likely etiology of his left leg numbness.
The deciding factor: Additional evidence is needed to determine the cause of the Veteran's left leg numbness, which may be related to service-connected diabetes mellitus or a pre-existing low back disability.
- Claimed conditions
- left leg numbness
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 25, 2011
- Citation
- 1135931
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
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).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for back condition, left hip condition, left leg numbness, left shoulder condition, and acquired psychiatric condition (depression) as secondary to a back injury during service. The evidence did not show current disabilities or a link between these conditions and service.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for asthma from August 10, 2022, based on the Veteran's presumed exposure to burn pit smoke during his deployment in Kuwait and Afghanistan.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted service connection for left leg numbness and left lower extremity neurological dysfunction as secondary to residuals of a left thigh boil removal.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for the veteran's claimed disabilities as they were incurred during a period of dishonorable discharge.
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