The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for additional development due to unclear muscle group injuries and nerve involvement. The effective date of an earlier rating remains denied as per law.
The deciding factor: The record is insufficient to determine which specific muscles or nerves are affected by the service-connected conditions, necessitating further examination.
- Claimed conditions
- through and through gunshot wound right buttock, meralgia paresthetica of the right lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 26, 2020
- Citation
- 20021749
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded the Veteran's claims for a higher disability rating and TDIU due to inadequate examinations.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for meralgia paresthetica of his right and left lower extremities due to inadequate VA medical examinations. The Veteran is also being asked to complete a TDIU application form.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for service connection for meralgia paresthetica of the right lower extremity has been denied.,There is no evidence prior to September 24, 2011 that can be construed as a formal or informal claim for an effective date earlier than this date for meralgia paresthetica of the left lower extremity.,The Veteran's current rating for meralgia paresthetica of the left lower extremity is not compensable.,The Veteran's service-connected depression does not warrant a rating in excess of 30 percent.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for hypertension and reopened the claim of service connection for meralgia paresthetica of the right lower extremity, but remanded the issue for further development.
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