The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining updated VA and private medical records, scheduling a VA examination to assess the Veteran's compression fracture, T9, and readjudicating the claims.
The deciding factor: The absence of an SSOC addressing new evidence and the need for a thorough VA examination warrant further action.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of broken ribs, neurological condition of the left upper extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 18, 2009
- Citation
- 0918547
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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: Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of broken ribs and a lumbar spine disability, finding that there is no current disability or evidence linking these conditions to service.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of a head injury, nasal disability, broken ribs, and right knee disability have been denied.,The Veteran's claim for the cause of his death has been remanded to determine if any of the conditions causing or contributing to his death were related to service.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to an improper notice of disagreement form, and a statement of the case must be issued.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has denied service connection for the residuals of broken ribs, left arm compound fracture, right leg fracture, and right hip disability as there is no current disability to support these claims.
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