The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient development and a need for further examination.
The deciding factor: The claim requires additional evidence and an examination to determine the nature and etiology of the veteran's disability.
- Claimed conditions
- right side numbness, deformity of the right hand
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 26, 2005
- Citation
- 0528767
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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.
- Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for a right lower extremity disability, finding that new and material evidence supports his claim. The Board also found in favor of the Veteran on his claim for new and material evidence regarding his right lower extremity disability.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for additional development due to incomplete records and conflicting evidence regarding his claimed conditions.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for headaches, including right side numbness, and a bilateral leg disability (shin splints), finding that there was no evidence of direct causation or a link to service. The Board also found that the Veteran did not meet the criteria for presumptive service connection under the Persian Gulf Veterans' Act.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for various disabilities, including bilateral hearing loss, OSA, knee and ankle disabilities, lumbar spine disability, and right side numbness. The Veteran's service records do not show a current hearing loss disability or any of these other conditions.
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