The Board has remanded the claims for higher ratings for various right lower extremity neurological disabilities due to new evidence received since a November 2022 Supplemental Statement of the Case.
The deciding factor: New evidence was submitted since the last SSOC, necessitating further development and readjudication.
- Claimed conditions
- right lower extremity sciatic polyneuropathy, femoral nerve polyneuropathy of the right lower extremity, femoral nerve external cutaneous nerve polyneuropathy of the right lower extremity, ilio-inguinal nerve polyneuropathy of the right lower extremity, obturator nerve polyneuropathy of the right lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 4, 2023
- Citation
- 23025909
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for higher ratings due to inadequate reasons and bases provided in previous decisions. The Veteran needs a new examination to determine the current severity of his service-connected right lower extremity neurological disabilities.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's service-connected neurological disabilities of the right lower extremity are being remanded for further evaluation and rating.
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