The Veteran's appeal is being remanded to clarify the SMC rates and conditions for which he is eligible, as well as adjudicate a claim for service connection for a right foot disability. The issue of entitlement to higher SMC based on need for aid and attendance will be reconsidered.
The deciding factor: The decision was not explicitly granted or denied; it was remanded due to inconsistencies in the rating decisions and the need to clarify eligibility criteria and adjudicate additional claims.
- Claimed conditions
- loss of use of both hands, conversion reaction with posttraumatic stress disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 13, 2010
- Citation
- 1002211
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's loss of use of both hands is granted with a 100% rating from May 4, 2015 to September 15, 2019. SMC(n) and SMC(p) are also granted for the period before September 16, 2019.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 due to numbness and loss of use in both hands resulting from surgery performed by VA in June 2016.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an initial 100 percent rating for Parkinson's disease with major neurocognitive disorder and a 100 percent rating for loss of use of both feet and hands from June 7, 2021. The other claims were denied.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for additional development to determine whether the Veteran has an additional disability, to include a left and/or right wrist or hand disorder, as a result of the excision of a right shoulder mass and right cubital tunnel release performed by VA in June 2016 and/or as a result of his post-operative treatment.
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