The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for further development of his service treatment records and VA outpatient records.
The deciding factor: Further development is needed to locate the Veteran's service treatment records, including inpatient hospitalization records from Dong Tam Base in Vietnam. Additionally, VA outpatient records since June 2011 are requested.
- Claimed conditions
- shell fragment wound of the right thigh, shell fragment wound of the right elbow
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 26, 2012
- Citation
- 1243781
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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: Denied
The Veteran's service-connected residuals of a shell fragment wound to the right thigh are not rated higher than 10 percent prior to May 16, 2014.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted a rating of 30 percent for the Veteran's residuals of a shell fragment wound (SFW) of the right thigh, Muscle Group XIII. The issue of separate compensable ratings for scars of the right thigh and right calf prior to January 6, 2015 remains on appeal.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for additional development due to a lack of compliance with previous remand directives. The Veteran's case was transferred and is now under the jurisdiction of the Wilmington, Delaware RO.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for increased evaluations of his shell fragment wound of the right thigh and metallic foreign body of the right tarsal have been dismissed due to withdrawal requests at a July 2014 hearing.
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