The veteran's request to reschedule his hearing has been granted, and he is scheduled for a new videoconference hearing. The case will be returned to the Board after necessary action on this hearing.
The deciding factor: The veteran requested a rescheduling of his hearing due to personal reasons, which was granted by the Board.
- Claimed conditions
- left wrist fracture
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 26, 2002
- Citation
- 0206859
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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.
- Dismissed
The veteran withdrew the appeals for service connection for a left wrist fracture, left ankle injury, and right-hand little finger fracture.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for a higher disability rating for left wrist fracture and bilateral hearing loss, stating that the criteria for these ratings were not met.
- Partly granted
The Board denied increased ratings for pulmonary embolism with asthma and left wrist fracture but remanded the issue of a separate rating for numbness in the left wrist.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for a higher initial evaluation for his service-connected left wrist fracture was denied by the Board. The highest schedular rating under Diagnostic Code 5215 is 10 percent, which is the current evaluation.
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