The Board has remanded the case for further consideration due to conflicting findings regarding potential muscle injuries sustained during service.
The deciding factor: The Board found that a remand is necessary to determine if the Veteran's October 1984 incident involving multiple fragment wounds resulted in any muscle group injuries to his bilateral lower extremities and, if so, whether such was considered severe as described in VA regulations.
- Claimed conditions
- shrapnel wound residuals
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 2, 2022
- Citation
- 22032391
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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
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has granted service connection for low back disability, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus. Service connection is remanded for shrapnel wound residuals, skin disability (including as due to herbicide exposure in service), and peripheral artery disease (including as due to herbicide exposure in service).
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for a disability rating in excess of 10 percent for service-connected shrapnel wound residuals, to include entitlement to a separate rating for scars, is being remanded due to the need for additional development and examination.
- Granted
The Veteran's shrapnel wound residuals have been productive of complaints of intermittent muscle bulging and pain, but no more than a moderate residual injury to muscle group XIX. The Board has determined that the criteria for a rating in excess of 10 percent are not met.
- Denied
The Board has denied the claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, finding that his service-connected PTSD did not contribute to causing his strokes and subsequent death from stroke.
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