The case is being remanded for an examination to determine the current severity of the veteran's service-connected left humeral disability.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that a new examination was necessary due to the veteran's testimony regarding worsening symptoms since the last VA compensation and pension examination.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a fracture of the left humerus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 19, 2008
- Citation
- 0816341
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to the need for a VA examination to determine the current severity of his service-connected residuals of a fracture of the left humerus. The case will be re-adjudicated after the examination.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development of his claims, including obtaining medical records and scheduling VA examinations.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has referred the matter of TDIU to the RO for appropriate action due to procedural errors in previous decisions.
- Whole decision: 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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