The Board is remanding the case to obtain additional medical records and possibly a VA examination, as well as readjudicate the claims under all appropriate statutory and regulatory provisions.
The deciding factor: Additional evidence is needed from the veteran's last known treatment provider in Tucson, Arizona, and/or a VA examination for 'cold injury' to determine if any cold injury residuals are present and their etiology.
- Claimed conditions
- arthritis of the knees, arthritis of the hands, including right hand contusion residuals
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 8, 2006
- Citation
- 0606607
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.
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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