The Board has remanded the case due to a hearing conducted by a former member of the Board. The Veteran is requested to schedule a Travel Board hearing with a current member of the Board.
The deciding factor: The decision was remanded due to procedural issues, specifically the need for a new hearing before a current Board member who can participate in making the final determination.
- Claimed conditions
- right foot fracture residuals, left foot injury residuals
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 5, 2012
- Citation
- 1223361
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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.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 20 percent rating for left foot injury residuals and left foot strain, but denied ratings in excess of 10 percent for hand/finger strains and service connection for a skin disorder.
- Granted
The Board has granted a TDIU and established basic eligibility for Dependents' Education Assistance benefits due to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities. The combined rating of his service-connected conditions is 90 percent, meeting the criteria for a TDIU.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for service connection for left foot injury residuals was dismissed because he did not timely file a VA Form 10182 with the RO.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the appeal was improperly docketed and is remanding the issues of whether new and material evidence has been received to reopen the claim for service connection for back injury residuals and service connection for a right foot disability to include fracture residuals.
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