The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical opinion regarding the Veteran's claim for compensation benefits for right lower extremity disability. The case must be returned to the AOJ for a supplemental opinion from a VA physician.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for a supplemental opinion from a VA physician to address specific questions related to the Veteran's claim and the January 2004 surgery.
- Claimed conditions
- right leg peripheral vascular disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 11, 2021
- Citation
- 21028708
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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: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for coronary artery disease, heart failure and heart murmur, sleep apnea, and right leg peripheral vascular disease due to toxic exposure in service. The appeal is granted.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board restored the 20 percent rating for left and right leg peripheral vascular disease effective December 8, 2021, and granted a 40 percent rating for both conditions.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has found that the prior remand directives were not substantially complied with and has ordered another remand to ensure compliance. The Veteran is seeking compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for worsening of right leg peripheral vascular disease due to a VA surgical procedure in January 2004.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's claims for increased evaluations and TDIU have been dismissed due to the death of the appellant.
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