The Veteran's claim for service connection for a disorder of the left lower extremity, including Legg Perthes disease and a cracked femur, is being remanded due to the need for additional development.
The deciding factor: Additional medical records are needed to fully evaluate the Veteran's claims.
- Claimed conditions
- Legg Perthes disease, cracked femur
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 12, 2017
- Citation
- 1726886
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for chronic pain, a back disability, headaches, sciatica, and depression and anxiety as secondary to Legg Perthes disease due to lack of new and material evidence.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's Legg Perthes disease was aggravated during active service, and therefore grants service connection for a right hip disability. The low back disability is secondary to the now-service-connected right hip disability.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for service connection for a disorder of the left lower extremity, including Legg Perthes disease and a cracked femur, is being remanded due to incomplete records. The AOJ will obtain all pertinent VA outpatient treatment records from Newington VAMC since March 2013 and issue a Formal Finding regarding the unavailability of his service treatment records.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received to reopen the Veteran's claims for service connection for Legg Perthes disease and a lumbosacral disability, secondary to Legg Perthes. The case is being remanded for further development.
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