The veteran's appeal is being remanded to the RO for further action, including a new examination and consideration of potentially relevant rating criteria.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the most recent medical evidence did not provide sufficient information to determine the current severity of the veteran's service-connected hand numbness. The examiner should evaluate the extent of any present neurological or psychogenic manifestations associated with the veteran's hand numbness, including whether they are manifestations of his service-connected dementia or a separate somatoform disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- right hand numbness, left hand numbness
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 6, 2006
- Citation
- 0637930
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection to the agency of original jurisdiction (AOJ) for a correction of an error by the AOJ in satisfying a regulatory duty.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection and a compensable rating due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors, including obtaining relevant medical records and examinations.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for right hand numbness, optic neuritis, skin cancer, and bilateral feet numbness but granted service connection for vertigo.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for residuals of TBI, NPH, right hand numbness, and right foot numbness as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were incurred in or caused by active service.
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