The Veteran claims service connection for a bilateral leg disorder with weakness. The Board is remanding the case to obtain additional VA treatment records and conduct another VA examination.
The deciding factor: Additional medical evidence is needed to determine if any current bilateral leg disorder with weakness had its onset during active service or is otherwise related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral leg disorder with weakness
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 27, 2013
- Citation
- 1331327
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for service connection for a bilateral leg disorder with weakness is being remanded due to the need for additional development, including an EMG test and clarification of any neurological condition involving his legs.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claim for additional development due to missing VA treatment records and a need for another VA examination.
- Denied
The Board denied the claims for service connection for hemorrhoids, a skin rash on the inner thighs, and a bilateral leg disorder with weakness due to lack of evidence showing these conditions were incurred in or aggravated by service.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the appellant's claims for service connection for hemorrhoids, skin rash of the inner thighs, and bilateral leg disorder with weakness are not well grounded. The medical evidence does not establish a link between these conditions and his period of service.
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