The Board has decided to remand the cases for additional development due to outstanding records and new VA opinions regarding service connection for chronic right leg pain.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for additional development, including obtaining missing service records and providing new VA opinions.
- Claimed conditions
- right leg pain, left lower extremity femoral nerve neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 12, 2022
- Citation
- 22039725
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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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