The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for left and right lower extremity disabilities, as well as the claim for an initial rating in excess of 50 percent for posttraumatic stress disorder and a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss disability. The remand includes obtaining VA and private treatment records, scheduling examinations to evaluate the Veteran's lower extremities, psychiatric condition, and hearing loss, and reviewing the January 2014 VA examiner’s opinion.
The deciding factor: The Board found that additional evidence was needed due to possible worsening of the Veteran's disabilities since his last evaluations in January 2014, and remanded for further examinations and consideration of new records.
- Claimed conditions
- left lower extremity disability, right lower extremity disability (residuals of a ligament repair)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 3, 2020
- Citation
- 20076991
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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
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