The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for a Travel Board hearing at the RO. The case will be returned to the Board after the hearing.
The deciding factor: The Veteran requested and was scheduled for a Travel Board hearing, but the basis for postponement or cancellation of the hearing is not clear from the records.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of cold injury to left leg, blood clots in left leg
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 6, 2012
- Citation
- 1226974
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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 blood clots in the Veteran's left leg, finding that it is at least as likely as not related to his service-connected diabetes mellitus type II.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have rendered him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment, and the Board has granted a TDIU.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that additional development is needed to clarify the nature and etiology of the Veteran's claimed bilateral hip disability and blood clots in his left leg, as well as whether these conditions are related to service-connected disabilities. The case will be remanded for further examination and opinion.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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