The veteran's appeal is remanded to the RO for further development, including scheduling a Travel Board hearing and issuing Statements of the Case regarding additional scars and pain, weakness, and fatigue of the left wrist.
The deciding factor: The case requires further procedural steps as per the Court's requirements, including issuance of Statements of the Case and scheduling a hearing before a Member of the Board.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals, postoperative left wrist, De Quervain's tendonitis, scar, postoperative, left wrist
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 1, 2005
- Citation
- 0502331
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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.
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