The Veteran's appeal is remanded for additional examinations to determine the current severity of his service-connected left hip disability.
The deciding factor: The VA examination provided in February 2019 was inadequate and did not provide information regarding the frequency, duration, or degree of functional loss during flare-ups.
- Claimed conditions
- left thigh muscle injury, as residual of gunshot wound, left thigh meralgia paresthetica
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 3, 2023
- Citation
- A23030780
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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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- Denied
The Board finds that the Veteran does not have a chronic left leg disability other than radiculopathy, and therefore, his claim for service connection is denied.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining VA treatment records and scheduling the Veteran for VA examinations to assess his service-connected low back strain with degenerative disc disease and scoliosis, residuals of right ankle fracture with decreased range of motion and scar, and left thigh meralgia paresthetica.
- Denied
The veteran's appeal was denied for all issues, with the exception of his request to withdraw an appeal regarding right ulnar neuropathy.
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