The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining VA treatment records and a vocational specialist's opinion regarding the Veteran's service-connected disabilities and their impact on his ability to work.
The deciding factor: The decision is being remanded due to incomplete or missing evidence that needs to be obtained before further action can be taken.
- Claimed conditions
- gunshot wound residuals of the right thigh, peripheral nerve damage residual of right thigh, two scars, right thigh
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 14, 2016
- Citation
- 1623794
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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
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