The Board has determined that a remand is necessary to obtain additional medical records and conduct further examinations to determine if the Veteran's current right leg disabilities are related to VA treatment.
The deciding factor: The initial examination did not fully address the Veteran’s claims regarding his VA treatment, and there are outstanding private and VA treatment records that need to be obtained.
- Claimed conditions
- right leg compartment syndrome, right leg amputation
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 30, 2019
- Citation
- 19133335
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 several claims for increased ratings and service connection, while granting a 30% rating for herpes simplex labialis and service connection for thoracolumbar spine disability.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus, right leg amputation, left leg amputation, and back disorder due to the Veteran's passing and the Appellant's decision not to seek substitution before the Court.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the service connection claim for right leg amputation to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error due to inadequate medical examinations.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for right leg amputation, finding that the Veteran's condition is etiologically related to his active service.
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