The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for a broken coccyx and total disability based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to outstanding VA treatment records not being obtained. The Veteran's representative included argument regarding a claim of entitlement to service connection for a broken toe, which was granted in a previous decision.
The deciding factor: The claims are remanded because the RO has not obtained the Veteran’s complete VA treatment records from November 1997 to the present, as these records may contain relevant information for both claims.
- Claimed conditions
- broken coccyx, broken toe
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 29, 2019
- Citation
- 19158399
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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 the Veteran's claims for service connection for a broken toe, left ankle pain, and right ankle pain due to a lack of evidence supporting current disabilities.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claim for service connection for a broken coccyx was denied because there is no evidence of current disability or causal relationship to his in-service injury. The claim for TDIU was also denied as the Veteran does not have sufficient combined disability rating and his inability to work is not due to his service-connected conditions.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for his service-connected coronary artery disease, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on the severity of his condition.
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