The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to new and material evidence not having been received. The psychiatric disorder claim is also being remanded for a VA examination.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence was not submitted, so the claims are being remanded.
- Claimed conditions
- right thigh muscle tension, left thigh muscle strain, psychiatric disorder (including depressive disorder NOS, anxiety disorder NOS, and PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 21, 2019
- Citation
- 19120332
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Decisions by this judge: 1,990 · Granted: 35% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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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 remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for left leg muscle injury, including left thigh muscle strain, left knee strain, and left knee meniscal tear, as an adequate medical opinion is needed.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for an initial compensable rating for various conditions, including inguinal hernia, left ear hearing loss, special monthly compensation (SMC) based on loss of use of a creative organ, and a left thigh muscle strain, as well as an initial rating in excess of 30 percent for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate medical opinions regarding the Veteran's service connection claim for left leg muscle injury, including left thigh muscle strain, left knee strain, and left knee meniscal tear. The claims are being returned for further development.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's current left thigh muscle strain is related to his service-connected right foot disorder, and thus grants service connection for a left leg disorder.
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