The Board has remanded the claims for service connection and rating of the Veteran's right knee disability, as well as his claimed right foot disorder and bilateral lower extremity peripheral neuropathy. The VA is directed to obtain all outstanding records from April 2014 onwards, including SSA records and any private medical records not already in the file.
The deciding factor: The Board has determined that additional development is needed due to outstanding records which may contain relevant information for the claims on appeal.
- Claimed conditions
- right foot disorder, bilateral lower extremity peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 22, 2016
- Citation
- 1606567
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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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