The Board has remanded the case for further development due to incomplete records and additional consideration of the claims.
The deciding factor: Further development is required as there are missing VA medical records that need to be obtained.
- Claimed conditions
- right radial nerve neuropathy, scar of the right upper extremity, fracture of the right humerus, muscle injury of the right arm
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 30, 2007
- Citation
- 0709405
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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.
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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