The Board has reopened the previously denied claim of service connection for a right leg condition due to new evidence submitted by the Veteran. The case is now remanded for further examination and opinion regarding the relationship between the Veteran's current right leg condition and his service or service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The examiner should clarify the Veteran’s right leg diagnosis, including considering musculoskeletal diagnoses, frostbite residuals, and AVM in the right calf, and determine if it is related to service or service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- right leg condition, pain, AVM (arteriovenous malformation), frostbite residuals
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 9, 2018
- Citation
- 18124834
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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 decided to remand the case due to a duty-to-assist error, and the Veteran's right leg condition is related to service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the issues of service connection for right leg, left leg, left knee, and left ankle conditions due to errors in prior decisions.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal has been dismissed due to their death. The claims for service connection have not been decided.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for service connection of a right leg condition has been withdrawn, and the appeal is dismissed. The Board also remanded the issue of an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for left lower extremity radiculopathy.
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