The Veteran's claim for an increased rating in excess of 10 percent for his service-connected residuals of a shrapnel wound to the left thigh, with a retained foreign body involving Muscle Group XIII is being remanded due to incomplete information from the April 2011 VA examination.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not have sufficient information to determine which specific muscles were affected and their corresponding muscle groups.
- Claimed conditions
- shrapnel wound to the left thigh, retained foreign body involving Muscle Group XIII
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 9, 2012
- Citation
- 1212905
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of a shrapnel wound to the left thigh, as well as his requests to reopen claims for defective vision and a right hand condition. The decision also noted that the Veteran withdrew appeals regarding earlier effective dates for certain awards.
- Denied
The Board has reopened the claim of service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, but finds that there is no competent medical evidence to support a relationship between the Veteran's service-connected left thigh disability and his death. As such, the claim is denied.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for an increased rating in excess of 10 percent for the service-connected residuals of a shrapnel wound to the left thigh, with a retained foreign body involving Muscle Group XIII is being remanded due to inadequate discussion and need for further examination.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected residuals of shrapnel wound to the left thigh with retained foreign body in muscle group XIII are not shown to warrant a rating higher than 10 percent.
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