The veteran's claim for a higher rating for his right hand injury is being remanded for additional development.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner needs to assess the current level of limitation of motion of the thumb and fingers of the right hand.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a right hand injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 16, 2006
- Citation
- 0635623
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of a right hand injury and residuals of a right ankle injury, finding that there was no evidence to support a nexus between these conditions and his military service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided that the Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss is denied, and his claim for residuals of a right hand injury is remanded for further development.
- Granted
The Board found that the Veteran's right hand injury was not due to willful misconduct and granted service connection for residuals of a right hand injury, including cubital tunnel syndrome.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded several issues related to the appellant's service connection claims, including cervical spine disability, right elbow and left elbow disabilities, right shoulder and left shoulder disabilities, right hip and left hip disabilities, and residuals of a right hand injury. The appeal is not about service connection for hearing loss, tinnitus, gastroenteritis, radiculopathy, scars, sinusitis, or bronchitis.
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