The Board has remanded the case for additional development due to incomplete findings in a VA examination report and the need to consider factors such as pain, weakened movement, excess fatigability, or incoordination.
The deciding factor: Additional medical examination is needed to provide more comprehensive information about the veteran's disability levels and functional limitations.
- Claimed conditions
- atrophy and weakness of the muscles of the right hand, traumatic arthritis of the right elbow, residuals of a fracture of the head of the right radius
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 9, 2004
- Citation
- 0424848
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining a VA examination to assess the current severity of his service-connected right elbow disability and whether it precludes him from securing and following substantially gainful employment. The case will also be referred to the Director of Compensation and Pension for consideration of entitlement to a TDIU under 38 C.F.R. § 4.16(b).
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including sleep apnea syndrome and diabetes mellitus, have rendered him unable to secure or retain substantially gainful employment. However, the evidence does not indicate that his service-connected disabilities alone are sufficient to prevent him from obtaining such employment.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for a TDIU due to service-connected disabilities is being remanded as the VA examination report does not address his employability solely based on his service-connected disabilities, and additional records are needed.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for IBS, an inguinal hernia with injury to the abdominal wall, residuals of a laceration of the 3rd left finger, traumatic arthritis of the pelvis, and traumatic arthritis of the right elbow. The veteran did not provide evidence that these conditions were incurred in or aggravated by his military service.
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