The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding a diagnosed left leg disability and potential aggravation by service-connected conditions. The Veteran's pain is linked to his service-connected condition, but there is no current diagnosis for a left leg disorder.
The deciding factor: The claim cannot be granted without a current diagnosis of a left leg disability as secondary to the service-connected condition.
- Claimed conditions
- left posterior leg pain, left quadriceps rupture
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 28, 2019
- Citation
- 19123393
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,515 · Granted: 20% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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: Denied
The Board denied service connection for back strain, left pulled hamstring, and left quadriceps rupture as these conditions are not causally or etiologically related to the Veteran's active service. The initial rating for left Achilles tendonitis was also denied.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board is remanding the case to address whether new and material evidence has been received to reopen claims of service connection for back strain, hamstring pull, and left quadriceps rupture. The AOJ should also adjudicate the Veteran's request to reopen the October 1986 Administrative Decision regarding his dishonorable service period.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's headaches are at least as likely as not caused by his service-connected traumatic brain injury, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for hypertension and peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral upper and lower extremities due to insufficient medical opinions regarding their etiology.
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