The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for residuals of a low back injury, disability of the feet, and disability of the right leg due to incomplete information from private health-care providers.
The deciding factor: Incomplete records from private healthcare providers have been identified, requiring additional requests for these records.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a low back injury, disability of the feet, disability of the right leg
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 1, 2012
- Citation
- 1219239
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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: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of a low back injury is remanded due to the need for additional evidence, including SSA records and medical records from Brackenridge Hospital in Austin, Texas, and UVA Hospital System.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for a back disability, but remanded the other issues due to insufficient evidence.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to incomplete development, including failing to schedule and notify him of examinations. The issues are now pending again for further development.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for various disabilities, including a right scapula/shoulder disability and neurological disabilities of the feet and lower extremity. The appeals are being returned to VA for further examination and evaluation.
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