The Board is remanding the case to attempt to obtain private medical records and provide an addendum opinion regarding the etiology of a neurological disorder of the right lower extremity.
The deciding factor: Remand is required due to the need for additional development, including obtaining private medical records and providing an addendum opinion on the etiology of the Veteran's neurological disorder of the right lower extremity.
- Claimed conditions
- neurological disorder of the right lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 15, 2016
- Citation
- 1615449
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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: Denied
The Board has denied service connection for neurological disorders of the right upper, left lower, and right lower extremities as there is no evidence showing these conditions were incurred or aggravated by active service.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have a current neurological disorder of the right lower extremity, and therefore, service connection for this condition is denied as it is not secondary to his service-connected lumbosacral strain.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The veteran is granted a 10 percent rating for tension headaches from April 13, 2022 to May 26, 2022. The claim for a higher rating and other service connection issues are remanded or denied.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to outstanding medical records and further examination.
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