The Veteran's claim is being remanded for a VA examination to determine the current severity of his right wrist and left knee disabilities. The rating decision will be reconsidered after this additional development.
The deciding factor: The Veteran failed to report for a scheduled VA examination, which was necessary to evaluate the current severity of his disabilities. This case must be returned for further action.
- Claimed conditions
- navicular fracture, right wrist, medial meniscus tear, left knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 7, 2011
- Citation
- 1121896
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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 remanded due to the need for a DRO hearing and potential videoconference hearing. The issues of reopening claims for PTSD, headaches, and medial meniscus tear, left knee are pending.
- Granted
The Veteran's right wrist navicular fracture presents such an exception that it renders impractical the application of the regular schedular standards, warranting a 10% extra-schedular rating.
- Denied
The veteran's service-connected navicular fracture, right wrist is not manifested by x-ray evidence of involvement of two or more major joints or two or more minor joint groups with occasional incapacitating exacerbations; or ankylosis of the hand. Therefore, his claim for a higher schedular rating has been denied.
- Remanded (sent back)
The veteran's claim for an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for his left knee disability is being remanded due to the failure to report for a VA examination. The RO will schedule another examination and provide the claims file to the examiner.
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