The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claim for a VA medical opinion regarding whether her bilateral lower extremity varicose veins were incurred in or due to active service, including all periods of active service between 1985 and the present. The opinion should address the effects of standing as a cause of varicose veins.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the January 2020 VA examination report was inadequate and did not provide a complete response to the remand directives, including discussion on the effects of standing as a cause of varicose veins.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral lower extremity varicose veins
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 27, 2020
- Citation
- 20069454
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to an error in providing notice of a hearing option. The Veteran and his representative will be notified about their right to participate in a pre-decisional AOJ hearing.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for neck pain with upper extremity symptoms, low back pain with lower extremity symptoms, bilateral knee pain, bilateral shoulder pain, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), and bilateral lower extremity varicose veins due to a failure of VA to provide examinations as requested by the Veteran.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The appeal for entitlement to service connection for bilateral lower extremity varicose veins was dismissed due to an improper concurrent election under the Appeals Modernization Act.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral lower extremity varicose veins, finding no evidence of in-service incurrence or a nexus to service.
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