The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining updated VA treatment records and a new examination by an examiner to address the extent of his service-connected right leg disability and its impact on employment.
The deciding factor: The Board needs further evidence and clarification regarding the Veteran's claims due to incomplete or missing information in the record.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a gunshot wound to the right leg
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 12, 2013
- Citation
- 1305171
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities, finding that his service-connected conditions did not prevent him from securing or following substantially gainful employment.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded multiple issues including service connection claims, rating determinations for hearing loss and tinnitus, and the reopening of previously denied claims. The appeals are pending and will be addressed in a Supplemental Statement of the Case (SSOC).
- Granted
The Board finds that the evidence is in equipoise as to whether the Veteran's service-connected disabilities caused or contributed substantially to his death. Therefore, service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death has been granted.
- Granted
The Board has granted a 10 percent rating for the residuals of a gunshot wound to the right leg, effective from September 4, 2008. The Veteran's service-connected scar is currently rated as superficial and painful on examination.
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