The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to incomplete development related to the July 1989 accident and the status of a review by the Office of the Surgeon General. The VA will need to determine if the review took place and obtain any relevant records.
The deciding factor: Incomplete development regarding the status of the Office of the Surgeon General's review of the Veteran's disability evaluation is required.
- Claimed conditions
- compression of the spine at L4-L5 level, right calcaneus fracture, right orbital rim fracture
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 7, 2022
- Citation
- 22038705
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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 remanded the claims for further development due to new evidence received after a final decision, and because of efforts to obtain records related to the Veteran's July 1989 accident.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to new evidence received by VA, and also requests that efforts be made to obtain the line of duty determination regarding the Veteran's July 1989 accident. The issues are intertwined with whether injuries from the accident were not in the line of duty.
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