The Board has remanded the claims for further development due to inadequate VA examinations and conflicting opinions regarding the Veteran's scars.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations were found to be inadequate, with conflicting opinions on whether the Veteran's scars are related to service or pre-existed his service.
- Claimed conditions
- scars, residuals of left knee shell fragment wound, scar of the back of the head, scar, residuals of left thumb shell fragment wound
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 30, 2020
- Citation
- 20050675
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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 has remanded the claims for entitlement to service connection for various conditions due to a lack of VA treatment records from 2012 onwards. The Veteran's service treatment records are unavailable and have been destroyed.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded due to the need for additional development, including a VA examination and review of his medical records.
- Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's request to reopen his claims for service connection for scars, residuals of an injury to the face and teeth, scars, residuals of a left knee shell fragment wound, and scar of the back of the head. The evidence received since the final denial suggests that the Veteran may have been treated during service for these disabilities.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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