The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for variegate porphyria and a rating in excess of 40 percent for residuals of thoracic spine compression fractures due to incomplete compliance with previous remand directives, including obtaining additional VA treatment records and VistA Imaging records.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's claims were not fully developed as required by prior remand directives and thus requires further development.
- Claimed conditions
- variegate porphyria
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 19, 2021
- Citation
- 21069802
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for variegate porphyria, finding that the evidence did not support a link between the condition and active service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded three issues: service connection for variegate porphyria, a rating in excess of 40 percent for thoracic spine disability, and a rating in excess of 10 percent for right knee disability. The Veteran's claims are being remanded due to outstanding VA treatment records and private treatment records not yet obtained.
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