The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral lower extremity disorders due to incomplete STRs and the need for a VA Gulf War examination.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the incomplete Service Treatment Records (STRs) and the need for further evaluation by a VA Gulf War specialist to determine if any current chronic lower extremity disorder is an undiagnosed illness or a medically unexplained chronic multisymptom illness (MUCMI).
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral lower extremity disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 27, 2019
- Citation
- 19166652
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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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