The Board remands the matter for further development, including obtaining outstanding VA treatment records and providing a supplemental medical opinion regarding nerves affected by a neurological disorder in the Veteran's right lower extremity.
The deciding factor: Remand is required due to lack of substantial compliance with previous remand directives and uncertainty regarding whether certain nerves are part of the service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- right lower extremity idiopathic neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 7, 2022
- Citation
- 22000970
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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