The Board remands the claims for service connection for a right thigh disability and residuals of gall bladder removal to obtain additional medical evidence.
The deciding factor: Further medical opinion is needed to determine the etiology of the Veteran's claimed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- right thigh disability, residuals of gall bladder removal
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 13, 2022
- Citation
- 22001815
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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- Dismissed
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- Remanded (sent back)
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