The veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for a Board hearing at the RO.
The deciding factor: The veteran requested a Board hearing, and his request was not clarified. The case must be returned to the RO for scheduling a hearing before a Member of the Board at the RO.
- Claimed conditions
- shell fragment wound of the left hand, post operative carpal tunnel syndrome, neuropsychiatric disorder identified as conversion reaction, chronic brain syndrome associated with trauma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 10, 2000
- Citation
- 0012311
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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.
- Granted
The Board finds that the veteran sustained a shell fragment wound of the left hand in service and currently has residuals, including a retained metallic fragment. The claim for service connection is granted.
- Granted
The Board has granted an effective date of March 16, 1997 for the veteran's total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected disabilities causing him to become totally unable to obtain and maintain gainful employment as of that date.
- Denied
The veteran's residuals of a shell fragment wound of the left hand are manifested by some limitation of motion; however, he does not have any incapacitating exacerbations. The Board has determined that an increased rating is not in order for the veteran's shell fragment wound residuals.
- Denied
The Board found that the May 1970 rating decision did not contain clear and unmistakable error in failing to assign separate ratings for peripheral nerve damage related to a shell fragment wound of the left hand, nor in failing to assign separate ratings for scars as residuals of a shell fragment wound of the left hand.
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