The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to incomplete service records and the need for further medical opinions. The issues of entitlement to service connection for gunshot wound injuries to the right hip and injury to the right knee are pending.
The deciding factor: Incomplete service treatment records from the Veteran's first period of Army service in 1950-1951 prevent a determination on the merits of his claims, and further medical opinions may be needed to establish a nexus between current disabilities and service.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of gunshot wound injury to the right hip, residuals of injury to the right knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 3, 2013
- Citation
- 1331945
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for residuals of a gunshot wound injury to the right hip and residuals of injury to the right knee, finding no current disability in either condition and insufficient evidence linking any current conditions to service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including lumbar spine disability, left ankle disability, right knee disability, left knee disability, tinnitus, and bilateral hearing loss, considered alone or in combination, render him unemployable. The case is REMANDED for a VA medical examination to determine if the Veteran is unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation due by reason of service-connected disabilities.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not render him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation.
- Denied
The Board found no evidence that the Veteran's current right knee disability is related to his military service, including a 35-foot fall from a mountain during active duty. The examiner opined that it was less likely as not that any current right knee disorder was caused by or resulted from any in-service disease or injury.
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