The Board has remanded the cases for further development and consideration, including a VA examination to determine if the Veteran has a current right leg Achilles disability and whether it is related to his service-connected disabilities. The compensation claim under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for chronic kidney disease will also be remanded with instructions to obtain an addendum opinion regarding the potential causation of the condition.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there were errors in determining whether the Veteran has a current right leg Achilles disability and did not address a reasonably raised theory for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for chronic kidney disease.
- Claimed conditions
- Right leg Achilles pain, Chronic kidney disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 27, 2019
- Citation
- 19166479
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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.
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