Citation Nr: 18159685
Decision Date: 12/19/18	Archive Date: 12/19/18

DOCKET NO. 15-29 010
DATE:	December 19, 2018
REMANDED
Entitlement to service connection for bilateral lower extremity cold weather injuries is remanded.
Entitlement to service connection for left hip disability is remanded.
Entitlement to service connection for a back disability, to include a fracture, is remanded.
Entitlement to service connection for fracture of the right leg, to include as secondary to all other service-connected disabilities, is remanded.
Entitlement to service connection for right leg neurological disability is remanded.
Entitlement to service connection for left leg neurological disability is remanded.



REASONS FOR REMAND
The Veteran had active military service from August 1981 to August 1985.  
This case comes before the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (Board) on appeal from a March 2013 and February 2015 rating decisions issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Regional Office (RO) in Waco, Texas.    
In connection with this appeal, the Veteran testified at a videoconference hearing before the undersigned Veterans Law Judge in March 2018.  A transcript of that hearing has been associated with the claims file. 
The Board finds that additional development is required before the claims on appeal are decided. 
At his March 2018 Board hearing, the Veteran reported that he had been awarded entitlement to Social Security Administration (SSA) disability benefits.  However, a review of the record shows that SSA records have not been obtained.  Therefore, attempts to identify and obtain outstanding SSA records should be made before any decisions are made in this case.  
The matters are REMANDED for the following action:
1. Contact the Social Security Administration (SSA) and obtain and associate with the claims file copies of the Veteran’s records regarding SSA benefits, including any SSA administrative decisions and the medical records upon which the decisions were based.  
2. Identify and obtain any pertinent, outstanding VA and private treatment records and associate them with the claims file.  
3. Conduct any other development determined to be warranted.
4. Then, readjudicate the issues on appeal.  If a decision is adverse to the Veteran, issue a supplemental statement of the case and allow appropriate time for response.  Then, return the case to the Board.
 
Kristin Haddock
Veterans Law Judge
Board of Veterans’ Appeals
ATTORNEY FOR THE BOARD	C. O’Donnell, Associate Counsel