The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for right hip avascular necrosis, left arm neuropathy, and left leg neuropathy due to a lack of an opinion regarding their proximate cause or aggravation by service-connected coronary artery disease.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not provide an opinion on whether the claimed disabilities are proximately caused or aggravated by service-connected coronary artery disease.
- Claimed conditions
- right hip avascular necrosis, left arm neuropathy, left leg neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 4, 2021
- Citation
- 21012381
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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
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- Denied
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- Denied
The Board has denied service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II and the related neuropathies of the hands and legs. The Veteran's current diagnoses are attributed to his non-service-related diabetes.
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