The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining VA medical center records from 1995 to 2000. The veteran's claim of service connection for residuals of a laceration of the left arm is pending.
The deciding factor: Further development is required as requested by the Board in prior remands.
- Claimed conditions
- laceration of the left arm
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 5, 2007
- Citation
- 0727832
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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 additional development to obtain SSA records, VA treatment records, and examinations of the Veteran's service-connected disabilities. The issues on appeal include reopening a claim of service connection for headaches, increased ratings for residuals of laceration of the left arm and hypertension, and entitlement to TDIU.
- Granted
The veteran's claim for a compensable evaluation for his service-connected laceration of the left arm is granted, as it is secondary to PTSD.
- Denied
The Board denied the appellant's claims for increased ratings of his left arm laceration and bilateral hearing loss disability, as well as his claim for service connection for hepatitis C. The appeal regarding low back strain was remanded due to insufficient evidence.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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