The Board has remanded the Veteran's claim for bilateral lower extremity disability due to inadequate prior examinations and a need for new examination by a different examiner.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for compliance with prior Board remand instructions, specifically obtaining a new VA examination by a different examiner than those who previously conducted the examinations.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral lower extremity disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 4, 2019
- Citation
- 19142728
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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
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