The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to insufficient examination and compliance with previous remands. The Veteran's disabilities are currently established, but further development is needed as the VA examinations did not fully address his contentions.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations did not adequately address the Veteran’s contentions regarding in-service exposure and symptoms related to his lower extremity and foot disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- swelling of the left lower extremity, venous insufficiency, lymphedema, left foot disability (other than a disability manifested by swelling), right foot disability (other than a disability manifested by swelling)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 22, 2021
- Citation
- 21009512
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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.
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