The Board has decided to remand the case due to inadequate medical opinion regarding whether the Veteran's RLE disability, including peripheral neuropathy and peroneal nerve injury, is related to his July 1999 VA surgery. The claim will be returned for further development.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not provide a clear indication of whether the Veteran has an 'additional disability' caused by the July 1999 RLE surgery and failed to compare the Veteran's condition before and after the medical care.
- Claimed conditions
- right lower extremity (RLE) disability, peripheral neuropathy, peroneal nerve injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 30, 2020
- Citation
- 20081764
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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.
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