The Board has remanded three issues: right leg varicose veins, post-surgery; right leg scars; and a right ankle disability secondary to the varicose veins. The Veteran's claims are being remanded for additional examinations and opinions.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for clarification regarding the presence of ulceration in the right leg varicose veins and instability in the right leg scars, as well as a need for an opinion addressing secondary service connection for the right ankle disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Right leg varicose veins, post-surgery, Right leg scars
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 15, 2023
- Citation
- 23045206
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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.
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands multiple issues, including service connection claims and rating increases for various disabilities.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for multiple heart disabilities, diabetes mellitus, type II, hypothyroidism, bladder cancer, hypertension, diabetic nephropathy, peripheral neuropathies, bilateral non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy, and erectile dysfunction based on the Veteran's exposure to herbicides in Korea.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for an initial compensable rating for right leg length discrepancy is denied.,A 10 percent disability rating based on multiple, noncompensable service-connected disabilities prior to January 28, 2016, is granted. The claim for a separate 10 percent rating since January 28, 2016, is denied due to the Veteran having been granted compensable ratings for his service-connected disorders.,The effective date of November 17, 1983, for the grant of service connection for right leg scars and a 10 percent disability rating based on multiple noncompensable service-connected disabilities prior to January 28, 2016, is granted.
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