The Board has remanded the case due to the need for an opinion from a VA vascular surgeon regarding whether the Veteran's service-connected right foot injury caused or aggravated his DVT of the right lower extremity, and if so, whether it is at least as likely as not that this aggravation resulted in amputation of the right leg.
The deciding factor: The remand was requested due to ambiguity in the opinion provided by a vascular surgeon and the need for clarification regarding the severity of symptoms in both legs.
- Claimed conditions
- deep vein thrombosis (DVT) of the right lower extremity, amputation of the right leg below the knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 18, 2016
- Citation
- 1611132
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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.
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