The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the Veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of a groin injury, including clinical findings and etiology.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner was requested to provide an opinion on whether the Veteran currently has chronic residuals of a groin injury related to any complaints or clinical findings in service.
- Claimed conditions
- groin injury, residuals of groin injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 1, 2011
- Citation
- 1140524
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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: Partly granted
The Board granted an earlier effective date of June 9, 2022, for the grant of service connection for both back injury residuals and groin injury.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for an initial compensable rating for headaches has been denied. The Board found that the evidence did not show characteristic prostrating attacks averaging one in two months, which is required for a 10% rating under DC 8100. The claims of service connection for lumbar spine disability, cervical spine disability, groin injury residuals, and erectile dysfunction are remanded due to inadequate development.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for bilateral knee disability and groin injury due to incomplete records. The case will be reconsidered after all relevant records are obtained.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a groin injury, back disability, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus. The evidence did not establish current disabilities or link these conditions to service.
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