The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate medical opinions regarding the etiology of the Veteran's disability manifested by pain of the lower extremities, including left thigh pain. The Veteran is seeking service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not provide an opinion on whether the current disability is related to in-service complaints or secondary to a service-connected back disability.
- Claimed conditions
- pain of the lower extremities, left thigh pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 4, 2021
- Citation
- 21012294
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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).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection related to headaches, vision issues, right and left hip pain, and right and left thigh pain are being remanded due to the need for additional medical examinations.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Veteran's dry eye syndrome is granted service connection due to an in-service injury. Several other claims for service connection are remanded.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for right and left thigh pain, right and left ankle pain, lumbosacral strain, right and left knee patellofemoral pain syndrome, and lymphedema of the lower extremities. The claim for service connection for right sciatica pain was remanded.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
Your appeal for service connection on all the listed conditions has been dismissed as your claims were not properly appealed.
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