The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for residuals of a left fractured collarbone and cold weather injury to the feet due to incomplete medical records. The Veteran must be scheduled for VA examinations to determine if his current disabilities are related to military service.
The deciding factor: Incomplete medical records require further examination to assess the relationship between the Veteran's current conditions and military service.
- Claimed conditions
- left fractured collarbone, cold weather injury to the feet
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 17, 2018
- Citation
- 18118701
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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: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for residuals of a left fractured collarbone and residuals of a cold weather injury to the feet, finding that these conditions are related to service.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the cases for further development and examination. The Veteran's claims of service connection for cold weather injuries to his hands, feet, and an acquired psychiatric condition are being reviewed.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that further development is needed to decide the claims for service connection due to incomplete service records and unverified exposure to ionizing radiation. The appellant's service treatment records are presumed destroyed, and there is no readily available documentation of a claimed accident during training exercise. Claims for kidney and liver conditions are based on alleged exposure to ionizing radiation in service.
- Whole decision: 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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