The Board has remanded the case for further development, including scheduling a videoconference hearing at the RO.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need to schedule a videoconference hearing as requested by the veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- winged scapula, long thoracic nerve injury, right
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 25, 2008
- Citation
- 0802911
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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 is remanding the case to allow for a determination of whether new and material evidence has been submitted since the August 2005 decision, which denied reopening the Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. � 1151 for residuals of a rib resection.
- Denied
The Board has determined that there is no new and material evidence to reopen the Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for the residuals of a rib resection, including long thoracic nerve palsy, right arm and back pain, and winged scapula.
- Remanded (sent back)
The veteran's claim for an increased rating for his service-connected winged scapula is being remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining medical records and providing corrective VCAA notice.
- 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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