The Veteran's claim for a higher rating for his service-connected left thigh gunshot wound is being remanded due to the need for additional development, including a new VA examination and obtaining treatment records.
The deciding factor: Additional evidence is needed to accurately assess the severity of the Veteran's service-connected conditions and determine if a higher rating is warranted.
- Claimed conditions
- left thigh gunshot wound, above the left knee total amputation
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 13, 2017
- Citation
- 1727135
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for further development due to inadequate VA examinations and other issues. The Veteran's claims of increased evaluation and TDIU are being reviewed.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected GSW to the left thigh has resulted in symptomatology equating to a severe injury of Muscle Group XIII, warranting a 40 percent rating.
- Granted
The veteran's service-connected left thigh gunshot wound residuals are currently rated at 20 percent, but the Board has determined that a higher rating of 30 percent is warranted based on moderately severe impairment.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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