The Board has ordered a remand due to the need for clarification of the causation and foreseeability of additional disability resulting from VA care, specifically regarding the bacterial infection that developed after the Veteran's right foot surgery.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for a new examination to address the Veteran's arguments about the sufficiency of the evidence provided by VA in his claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151.
- Claimed conditions
- Right lower extremity disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 27, 2021
- Citation
- 21065724
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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: Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for a liver disorder and kidney disorder, while remanding claims for service connection for cardiomyopathy, right lower extremity disorder, left lower extremity disorder, hypertension, systemic lupus erythematosus, diverticulosis in the sigmoid colon, and left nose scar status post basal cell carcinoma removal.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for a liver disorder and kidney disorder, while remanding claims for cardiomyopathy, right lower extremity disorder, left lower extremity disorder, hypertension, systemic lupus erythematosus, diverticulosis in the sigmoid colon, and left nose scar status post basal cell carcinoma removal.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's right lower extremity disorder, finding that it was incurred in service. The decision does not address compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has denied service connection for right and left lower extremity disorders, finding that the Veteran's symptoms are not related to diabetes or herbicide exposure.
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