The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete service records and an inadequate medical opinion regarding the etiology of the right thigh disability. The Veteran's claim for service connection is now pending again.
The deciding factor: Incomplete service treatment records from the Army National Guard period have not been obtained, which could provide evidence relevant to the Veteran's claim.
- Claimed conditions
- right thigh disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 6, 2021
- Citation
- 21072914
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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: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for various disabilities, finding that there was no credible evidence linking these conditions to his military service and concluding that any additional disability was not caused by VA care.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for initial compensable disability ratings for right and left hip and thigh disabilities due to inadequate VA examination.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for a back disability and a right thigh disability, finding that the evidence did not support a causal relationship between the claimed conditions and the Veteran's military service.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for left, right shoulder, right thumb, and right thigh disabilities as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were related to the Veteran's active service.
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