The Veteran's claims for service connection for left leg amputation and broken pelvis are being remanded due to the need for additional records, including personnel orders from his Reserve duty in June 2010.
The deciding factor: Additional medical and personnel records are needed to determine if the Veteran was on active duty at the time of his motor vehicle accident.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a left leg amputation, residuals of a broken pelvis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 14, 2017
- Citation
- 1721705
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims due to inadequate medical opinions regarding whether the Veteran was insane at the time of his 1961 motor vehicle accident, and for further evidentiary development.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for residuals of a back injury, broken pelvis, left hip injury, and head injury due to insufficient reasons and bases in the August 2020 decision.
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