The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining recent medical records and scheduling VA examinations. The veteran's claims for service connection and initial rating will be reconsidered after these steps.
The deciding factor: Further evidence is needed to determine if the veteran's conditions are related to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- left hand and wrist disorder, herpes simplex virus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 18, 2004
- Citation
- 0407059
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for herpes simplex virus, finding that the evidence does not support a link between the condition and any incident of service.
- Denied
The Board denied the claim for a rating in excess of 60 percent since June 1, 1982, for herpes simplex virus (HSV) as the evidence did not support a higher rating.
- Dismissed
The appeal seeking a higher rating for herpes simplex virus was dismissed as the Veteran withdrew his request.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for an initial compensable rating for reactive airway disease and herpes simplex virus, as the evidence did not support a higher disability rating.
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