The Board has remanded the case for further development due to inadequacy of previous VA examinations and need for additional examination.
The deciding factor: VA examiners were unable to adequately assess the severity of the Veteran's right femur disability without resorting to speculation, as it is intertwined with his service-connected paraplegia.
- Claimed conditions
- right femur disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 11, 2013
- Citation
- 1301278
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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 a thoracolumbar spine disability and remanded the issues of initial evaluations for right femur disabilities.
- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for various lower extremity disabilities due to inadequate examination and lack of medical records. The examiner must consider functional impairment caused by pain, even if there is no specific diagnosis.
- Denied
The Veteran's lumbar spine and right femur disabilities have not been found to warrant higher evaluations based on the current evidence of record.
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