The Board has remanded the case for further development and compliance with the Veterans Claims Assistance Act of 2000.
The deciding factor: The RO failed to provide proper VCAA notice and did not conduct a VA skin examination as directed in January 2001, necessitating additional development.
- Claimed conditions
- numbness of the right hand, numbness of the left hand, jaw disability due to facial trauma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 2, 2003
- Citation
- 0311226
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Decisions by this judge: 1,325 · Granted: 31% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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This is a plain-language summary generated by AI from a public Board of Veterans’ Appeals decision. It can contain errors — always verify against the original. Search VA.gov for the original decision (opens in a new tab) using citation 0311226.
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
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeals for service connection for a disability manifested by the bilateral upper and lower extremities turning blue, to include as secondary to service-connected coronary artery disease status post coronary bypass graft X4, and for numbness of the right hand, to include as secondary to service-connected coronary artery disease status post coronary bypass graft X4.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for numbness of the face, left hand, right foot, and left foot as there is no current diagnosis or functional impairment.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided that there is not substantial compliance with the September 2019 remand directives and has ordered further development for service connection claims related to IBS, arthritis of the hands, and numbness of the hands.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Board dismissed all issues on appeal due to the Veteran's withdrawal of the appeal.
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