The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient reasoning and failure to obtain relevant private treatment records. The Veteran will be provided with an examination to determine if his left leg disorder is related to his military service.
The deciding factor: The Board failed to provide a sufficient explanation for why the Veteran's claim should not have been granted based on his in-service cellulitis diagnosis and current symptoms.
- Claimed conditions
- left leg disorder, cellulitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 17, 2019
- Citation
- 19178975
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.
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the service connection claims for various conditions due to a lack of compliance with previous remand directives and inadequate medical opinions.
- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection due to a failure by the VA contractor to provide an examination at a time when the Veteran could attend.
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