The Board has decided that the Veteran's right leg disability, claimed as a leg injury, is related to his service-connected back disability and should be granted. However, due to incomplete examination findings, the case is being remanded for further evaluation.
The deciding factor: Incomplete VA examination findings necessitate further evaluation by a new VA examiner.
- Claimed conditions
- Right lower extremity disability, Right ankle pain
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 25, 2019
- Citation
- 19132466
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.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and granted service connection for right foot metatarsalgia, while remanding the other claims for further development.
- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matters for further development, including obtaining adequate medical examinations to determine the Veteran's current level of disability and whether there is loss of use of both feet or legs.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for allergies, left arm pain, right arm pain, and right ankle pain due to a lack of evidence supporting the existence of current disabilities.
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