The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for a right lower extremity disability, including residuals of ruptured right achilles tendon, and for an increased rating for bilateral hand scars due to outstanding VA treatment records from Landstuhl Regional Medical Center and additional translation of German documents.
The deciding factor: The case is being remanded to obtain missing VA treatment records and translate relevant German documents.
- Claimed conditions
- right lower extremity disability, residuals of ruptured right achilles tendon
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 20, 2021
- Citation
- 21031120
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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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