The veteran's claim for a total disability evaluation based upon individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities is being remanded for further development, including an examination to determine the cause of his neuropathy and whether it is related to his service-connected cold injuries.
The deciding factor: Further clarification is needed regarding the etiology of the veteran's current neuropathy and its relationship to his service-connected cold injury residuals.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a cold injury to the left foot, residuals of a cold injury to the right foot, residuals of a cold injury to the left hand, residuals of a cold injury to the right hand
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 21, 2004
- Citation
- 0410286
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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 Veteran's appeal to reopen his claim for residuals of a cold injury to the left foot was denied because he filed it more than seven years after the AOJ initially denied service connection. The appeal is dismissed.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the cases due to outstanding private and VA treatment records, as well as for a new examination to assess current severity of service-connected foot disabilities.
- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of cold injuries to his left foot, right foot, left hand, and right hand as there is no current disability found by VA examiners.
- Denied
The Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including generalized arthritis of the joints, peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral hands, residuals of a cold injury to the left hand, tinnitus, and other disabilities have been denied. The Veteran is currently rated at 30% for migraine headaches.
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