The Board has remanded the claims for compensation under 38 U.S.C. � 1151 due to an error in the Agency of Original Jurisdiction's action.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's August 2022 Decision Review Request: Higher-Level Review, VA Form 20-0996, remains pending and must be addressed.
- Claimed conditions
- right hip replacement residuals, right hip scar residuals, right lower extremity neuropathy, right foot neurological disability to include foot drop
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 11, 2023
- Citation
- A23035310
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the appeals for left hip arthritis, right hip arthritis, type II diabetes, right lower extremity neuropathy, left lower extremity neuropathy, and sleep apnea as they have become service-connected in other rating decisions.
- Granted
The Veteran's diabetes mellitus type 2 and associated neuropathy in both upper and lower extremities are granted with a 60 percent disability rating, effective October 21, 2019.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for bilateral lower extremity neuropathy, finding no evidence of such conditions during or within one year after service and noting that the Veteran's current symptoms are not related to his military service.
- Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for left lower extremity neuropathy, which is secondary to his service-connected left knee disability.
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