The Board has remanded the case due to outstanding VA medical records and further development is required.
The deciding factor: Further development of the record, including securing treatment records from the Reno VAMC, is necessary before a decision can be made on the veteran's claims.
- Claimed conditions
- postoperative residuals of a left navicular fracture, left iliac crest donor site scar
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 10, 2007
- Citation
- 0724725
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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 has remanded the case for further development, including a VA social and industrial survey to assess employment capacity and a VA examination by a physiatrist to determine if the Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation.
- Granted
The Board has granted an effective date of December 19, 2007 for the grant of a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU), finding that the Veteran's left-wrist-related service-connected disabilities rendered him unable to secure or maintain substantially gainful employment.
- Denied
The veteran's claim for a rating in excess of 10 percent for postoperative residuals of a left navicular fracture is denied.
- Denied
The Board found that the veteran's claim for service connection for a back condition was not well-grounded due to lack of evidence showing aggravation during service. The claims for increased evaluations for right and left wrist disabilities remain pending.
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