The Board has remanded the cases due to insufficient medical opinions regarding service connection for lymphedema and TDIU. The Veteran's lay statements will be considered, along with any service-connected conditions, in determining whether his lymphedema is related to service or a service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The VA failed to provide an adequate statement of reasons or bases for its conclusions regarding the issues of service connection and TDIU due to insufficient medical opinions.
- Claimed conditions
- right lower extremity lymphedema, left lower extremity lymphedema
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 9, 2021
- Citation
- 21041629
This is a plain-language summary generated by AI from a public Board of Veterans’ Appeals decision. It can contain errors — always verify against the original. Read the original VA decision (opens in a new tab) using citation 21041629.
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 bilateral lower extremity lymphedema as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected prostate cancer.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted an effective date of July 31, 2020, for the award of service connection for anterior trunk scar and an initial 70 percent disability rating for major depressive disorder.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded the veteran's claims for service connection for left and right lower extremity lymphedema. The Board found that the VA examination opinion was inadequate and required a new examination and etiology opinion.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The veteran was granted a 30% rating for GERD but denied an increased rating for lymphedema.
Free starter guide for your own claim
Reading this because you were denied or under-rated? Get the plain-English next steps — your appeal options, the deadline that protects you, and how appeals like yours turn out. One email, no spam.
We will only use this to send the guide. No spam, unsubscribe any time. We never sell your information.
We are not the VA. Veterans’ Rights is an independent resource built for veterans. We are not the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, not part of the government, and not endorsed by any government agency.
This is general information, not legal advice. For advice about your own situation, talk to a VA-accredited representative — many help for free.