The Board has remanded the case due to concerns about accurately rating the Veteran's service-connected disabilities, particularly his right thigh conditions. The Veteran needs a new examination to assess current severity of his residuals and scar.
The deciding factor: The passage of time since the last VA examination may have affected the Veteran's condition, warranting further evaluation.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a gunshot wound to the right thigh, right meralgia parasthetica, right thigh scar
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 24, 2014
- Citation
- 1428389
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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 Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including obstructive sleep apnea, migraines, chronic sinusitis, tinnitus, allergic rhinitis, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), and a right thigh scar, have rendered him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment. The Board has granted the claim for individual unemployability (TDIU).
- Dismissed
The Veteran has withdrawn his appeals regarding the right thigh scar, left temporal region laceration scar, and left index finger scar claims.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of entitlement to a compensable rating for right thigh scar, service connection for hypothyroidism, bilateral fallen arches, sinusitis, and sexual dysfunction secondary to hypothyroidism due to inadequate VA examinations.
- Granted
The Veteran's claims for service connection have been granted with effective dates of May 1, 1997.
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