The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the claim of service connection for right leg amputation. The Veteran's liver disability is still under consideration.
The deciding factor: New evidence received since February 2002 raises a possibility of substantiating the service connection claim for right leg amputation.
- Claimed conditions
- right leg amputation, liver disability
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 18, 2015
- Citation
- 1507005
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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
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for left and right leg amputations, which are claimed to be secondary to service-connected cellulitis. The VA medical opinions provided prior to the decision were not in accordance with the law regarding secondary service connection.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service-connected chronic kidney disease contributed substantially to his death, which was listed as the immediate cause of death. Therefore, the Board has granted service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has found that the Veteran does not have a current disability for the conditions he is seeking service connection for, and thus denied these claims. The appeal was also remanded for additional examinations related to other disabilities.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for service connection of a liver disability has been dismissed due to the withdrawal by his attorney prior to the Board making a decision.
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