The Board has remanded the cases due to insufficient medical opinions regarding the relationship between the Veteran's service-connected conditions and his claimed disabilities. The claims are being returned for further development.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not address all appropriate theories of entitlement, including secondary service connection and intermediate step considerations.
- Claimed conditions
- post-aortobifemoral bypass surgery scar, numbness of left medial thigh
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 10, 2023
- Citation
- 23021667
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a cardiovascular condition, post-aortobifemoral bypass surgery scar, and numbness of the left medial thigh (claimed as a residual of cardiovascular surgery) due to lack of causal relationship between these conditions and the Veteran's military service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's right shoulder disability and migraines/chronic headaches are remanded for additional development due to insufficient opinions on the etiology of her conditions.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's lumbar spine arthritis is aggravated by his service-connected bilateral knee disabilities, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
- Granted
The Veteran's PTSD is granted as service connected due to his fear of hostile military activity during his Vietnam service.
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