The veteran's claims for an increased rating and earlier effective date for his service-connected right little finger disorder, as well as his claim for service connection for a kidney disorder with hypertension, are being remanded to allow for additional development of the record.
The deciding factor: The RO must ensure that all relevant evidence is obtained and considered in connection with these claims.
- Claimed conditions
- post-operative tenodesis, right fifth finger, kidney disorder with hypertension
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 25, 2004
- Citation
- 0407781
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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
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