The Board remands the claim for service connection for a broken right leg to obtain National Guard records that may establish the Veteran broke his leg during active duty for training or inactive duty for training.
The deciding factor: A remand is necessary to obtain the National Guard records as they may establish the Veteran broke his leg during ADT or IDT.
- Claimed conditions
- broken right leg
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 17, 2025
- Citation
- A25108819
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 899 · Granted: 45% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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 case for additional development, including issuing a statement of the case on depression and PTSD, and scheduling a Travel Board hearing.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims of service connection for depression, PTSD, broken right leg, right heel injury, left heel injury, and bilateral foot discoloration are being remanded due to the need for a Statement of the Case and scheduling of a travel board hearing.
- Denied
The Board found no evidence of a current broken right leg or any other disabilities, and thus denied the Veteran's service connection claims.
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