The Veteran is seeking service connection for numbness in his bilateral upper extremities. The Board has determined that additional development, including a VA examination and compliance with VCAA notification requirements, is needed before the claim can be adjudicated.
The deciding factor: The appeal requires further development to ensure compliance with VCAA notification requirements and to obtain evidence necessary to determine service connection for numbness in bilateral upper extremities.
- Claimed conditions
- numbness in bilateral upper extremities
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 2, 2009
- Citation
- 0920620
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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 Board has remanded the Veteran's claim for service connection for a neurological disorder of the bilateral upper extremities due to an in-service motor vehicle accident and potential exposure to herbicide agents. The case is being returned for further examination and opinion regarding etiology, including whether any condition found during the appeal period is related to active duty service or his service-connected left shoulder disability.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran's respiratory disorder, neck injury, numbness in bilateral upper and lower extremities, hip disorder, and spinal injury are not related to his service. The evidence does not support a finding of direct service connection for these conditions.
- 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.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for his service-connected coronary artery disease, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on the severity of his condition.
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