The Board has remanded the claims due to a failure to consider the Veteran's July 2015 statement regarding his symptoms of peripheral vascular disease, including claudication and atrophic changes.
The deciding factor: The RO must review and acknowledge the review of the Veteran’s July 2015 affidavit in a new SSOC.
- Claimed conditions
- right lower extremity peripheral vascular disease, lower left extremity peripheral vascular disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 8, 2019
- Citation
- 19101587
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.
- Granted
The Board granted earlier effective dates of March 29, 2016, for the grants of service connection for multiple conditions including hypertension, peripheral vascular disease, scars, kidney disease, femoral artery occlusion, lacunar stroke, erectile dysfunction, cerebral vascular disease, and valvular heart disease.
- Partly granted
The Board denied increased ratings for right and left lower extremity peripheral vascular disease prior to November 14, 2021, but granted a 40 percent rating for the left lower extremity from that date. The Board also granted a 20 percent rating for left knee degenerative arthritis with meniscal tear status post arthroscopic debridement and meniscectomy effective February 23, 2023.
- Granted
The Veteran was granted a special monthly compensation (SMC) based on entitlement to SMC(l) for being so helpless as to be in need of regular aid and attendance due to his service-connected disabilities, effective December 17, 2010.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for an initial rating in excess of 20 percent for left and right lower extremity peripheral vascular disease to obtain a new VA examination.
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