The veteran is seeking a permanent and total disability evaluation for pension purposes, including consideration of his right wrist and elbow disabilities. The RO must evaluate these conditions under the VA's Rating Schedule and determine if they meet the criteria for a permanent and total disability rating.
The deciding factor: The veteran's claim requires further development to ensure all relevant medical data is considered in evaluating his disabilities under the appropriate diagnostic codes.
- Claimed conditions
- right elbow injury, right wrist injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 24, 2001
- Citation
- 0101936
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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 service connection of right ankle and right wrist injuries due to a withdrawal request from the Veteran's representative.
- Granted
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- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss disability, finding no evidence of a current qualifying disability. The other claims were remanded for further development.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for multiple claimed disabilities, including fractured skull, sinusitis, broken elbows, wrist injury, hand fracture, hips, knee and ankle injuries, as there was no evidence of current disability or functional impairment related to these claims.
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