The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining updated medical records and scheduling VA examinations to address the veteran's claims.
The deciding factor: The decision is being remanded due to incomplete or outdated evidence and the need for further examination to determine the nature of the veteran's conditions and their relationship to service.
- Claimed conditions
- left hand disorder, cervical disc disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 6, 2006
- Citation
- 0600322
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 Board denied service connection for multiple disorders, including left and right knee disorders, hypertension, left hand, foot, leg, and arm disorders, fibromyalgia, and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), as there was no evidence of in-service incurrence or a nexus to service.
- Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for a left hand disorder was dismissed due to the untimely filing of the notice of disagreement.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew the appeal for all issues, including service connection and rating claims.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for a back disorder, gout, hypertension, a left hand disorder, and type II diabetes mellitus due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
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