The Board has ordered a remand due to inadequate examination reports and the need for further consideration of the Veteran's claims under another appropriate diagnostic code.
The deciding factor: The examination reports are inadequate as they do not specify which nerve(s) is affected, leading to conflicting findings. A VA examination is needed to clarify this issue.
- Claimed conditions
- Right lower extremity weakness, Left lower extremity weakness
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 2, 2015
- Citation
- 1504833
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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
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