The veteran's claim for a compensable evaluation for status-post healed fracture of left pubis and ischium was remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: Further development, including consideration of the revised rating criteria for spine disabilities, was necessary to properly adjudicate the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- status-post healed fracture of left pubis and ischium
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 13, 2008
- Citation
- 0815662
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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.
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