The veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining medical records and scheduling examinations to assess the severity of his service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The case was remanded due to significant passage of time since the last examination and because no VA examination has been provided addressing the veteran's scars.
- Claimed conditions
- right upper chest scar, cheek scar, ganglion cyst of the right wrist, tenosynovitis of the left wrist, chronic metatarsalgia of the left foot, chronic metatarsalgia of the right foot
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 21, 2007
- Citation
- 0729758
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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 claims for service connection for various wrist and hip conditions, as well as chronic diarrhea and a back condition due to insufficient evidence or inadequate medical opinions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for a VA examination to determine the nature and etiology of the Veteran's claimed obstructive sleep apnea. The effective dates for increased ratings on neck scar, right upper chest scar, and left elbow and wrist scars are denied.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient opinions regarding the Veteran's right-hand numbness and its relationship to service, as well as the diagnosis of ganglion cyst and scapholunate dissociation. The Veteran is also seeking service connection for his right wrist disability with right-hand numbness.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea is secondary to his service-connected disabilities, including hypertension and unspecified trauma and stressor-related disorder. The decision grants service connection for this condition.
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