The Board has remanded the case for further development and readjudication, including obtaining private medical records and conducting a VA examination. The issues of service connection for DVT and increased ratings for right knee strain and lumbosacral strain are all being remanded.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need to obtain additional evidence and conduct further examinations to properly assess the Veteran's claims.
- Claimed conditions
- deep vein thrombosis (DVT) of the left lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 22, 2021
- Citation
- 21009378
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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.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for deep vein thrombosis of the left lower extremity, resolving all reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to a toxic exposure risk activity (TERA) in the Southwest Asia theater of operations from August 2, 1990, through July 31, 1991. The Veteran's MOS was that of a vehicle infantry man during this period.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the claim of service connection for DVT of the left lower extremity, including as secondary to a service-connected left knee disability. Additional medical comment is needed from a VA compensation examiner regarding whether the DVT onset during the Veteran's service or is related to his service.
- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for deep vein thrombosis (DVT) of both his right and left lower extremities, finding that there is no evidence to support a link between his current DVT diagnoses and his military service. The Board noted that while the Veteran was exposed to various chemicals in service, including those used on alarms, he did not have any vascular conditions during service and developed DVT symptoms years after separation.
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