The Board has decided to remand the case for further action, including scheduling a travel board hearing.
The deciding factor: The Veteran requested an additional opportunity for a hearing before the Veterans Law Judge deciding his case.
- Claimed conditions
- left fifth finger
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 18, 2009
- Citation
- 0947983
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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 Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including a VA orthopedic examination to assess the current severity of his service-connected left finger disability and any associated forearm and forearm scar involvement.
- Granted
The Veteran's disabilities of the left third, fourth, and fifth fingers likely had onset during service. The Board finds that the Veteran should be given the benefit of the doubt that her conditions are related to service.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection and increased evaluations for various conditions, including right ear hearing loss, heart palpitations with left-sided chest pain, lumbosacral strain, sinusitis, left ear hearing loss, left fifth finger, tendonitis of the right knee, and migraine headaches.
- Granted
The veteran required a period of convalescence from treatment of his service-connected left fifth finger disorder for the period from August 1, 1999 to November 3, 1999. The VA has granted an extension of a temporary total disability evaluation due to this condition.
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