The veteran's appeal is being remanded for further development, including a new VA examination and consideration of staged ratings.
The deciding factor: The veteran has alleged that his service-connected right wrist disability has worsened since the last VA examination in September 2002. The Board finds this significant enough to warrant a new evaluation.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a shell fragment wound to the right wrist, secondary osteoarthritis, scar on the right wrist
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 29, 2005
- Citation
- 0532122
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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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Veteran's TDIU claim was denied as there is not sufficient evidence to substantiate a reasonable possibility that the Veteran is unemployable by reason of his service-connected disabilities.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for increased ratings were adjudicated multiple times. The RO granted service connection and assigned initial ratings, but reduced the rating for one condition due to CUE.,Both issues have a mixed disposition as some aspects of each claim are granted while others are denied.
- Dismissed
The Veteran requested to withdraw the issue of an increased rating for residuals of a shell fragment wound in the suprapubic area. The Board dismissed this claim as withdrawn.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for an increased disability rating in excess of 10 percent for his service-connected residuals of a shell fragment wound to the right wrist, finding that these residuals were manifested by pain on range of motion testing and tenderness between the scaphoid and lunate bones.
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