The Board has determined that further development is needed for both claims, including obtaining additional VA medical records and providing the Veteran with a VA examination to assess his employability. The case will be referred to the Director of Compensation and Pension Service for extraschedular consideration if necessary.
The deciding factor: The current evidence does not provide sufficient information on whether the Veteran's service-connected disabilities alone are of such severity as to produce unemployability, or if additional development is needed to determine this. The case will be referred to the Director of Compensation and Pension Service for extraschedular consideration.
- Claimed conditions
- cold injury residuals, shrapnel wounds of the left knee, scar of the right knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 21, 2012
- Citation
- 1206298
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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 bilateral upper and lower extremity neuropathy and cold injury residuals, finding that the Veteran's current conditions are due to frostbite and cold injuries during his military service.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have been found to render him unable to physically care for himself, thereby granting special monthly compensation based on the need for regular aid and attendance.
- Partly granted
The Board granted earlier effective dates for the Veteran's radiculopathy of the right and left lower extremities, as well as a scar on her right knee. However, it denied earlier effective dates for her back and right knee conditions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded all issues to correct errors in assisting the veteran, including obtaining missing records.
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