The Board has granted an increased rating for the Veteran's service-connected chronic venous insufficiency of the left leg from 40 to 60 percent. The Court ordered a remand due to incomplete records and additional development is required.
The deciding factor: Incomplete medical records were identified, which are necessary to determine the severity of the Veteran’s disability.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic venous insufficiency of the left leg
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 29, 2019
- Citation
- 19181392
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for shin splints of the right leg, shin splints of the left leg, and chronic venous insufficiency and chronic phlebitis of the right leg. Service connection was denied for chronic venous insufficiency of the left leg.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the evidence received since the July 2005 Board decision is not new and material, thus denying the Veteran's requests to reopen his claims for service connection for chronic venous insufficiency of the right leg and left leg.
- Remanded (sent back)
The appeal is being remanded due to outstanding medical records and the need for additional VA compensation examinations.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded to obtain additional medical records and to provide an adequate examination regarding his service-connected coronary artery disease, chronic venous insufficiency of the right leg, and chronic venous insufficiency of the left leg.
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