The Board has remanded the claims for service connection and rating of scars due to additional procedural development being required. The AOJ is instructed to issue a Supplemental Statement of the Case addressing all evidence received since the March 2022 SSOC.
The deciding factor: Additional procedural development is required as per the Court's order, including issuance of an SSOC that addresses new evidence received since the last SSOC.
- Claimed conditions
- lower back disability, injury to muscle group XIX (claimed as muscle removal/damage and scar, right side abdomen/stomach removed and transplanted to service-connected left calf), scars residual of fragment wounds and procedure to the left lower extremity, scars, residual of fragment wounds to the right lower extremity, scars, residual of fragment wounds, anterior trunk, scars, residual of fragment wounds, posterior trunk
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 25, 2023
- Citation
- 23023869
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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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