The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to scheduling issues for a hearing before the Board of Veterans' Appeals.
The deciding factor: The case was remanded due to scheduling conflicts and needs to be returned to the RO for further action following a rescheduled hearing.
- Claimed conditions
- old healed fracture of the fifth metacarpal bone of the left hand, left hand ulnar neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 25, 2011
- Citation
- 1131322
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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.
- Granted
The Veteran's left wrist disability is granted a separate 10 percent rating effective March 1, 2018. The initial increased (20 percent) for the Veteran's service-connected left hand ulnar neuropathy is denied prior to September 27, 2021, and denied since that date.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected old healed fracture of the fifth metacarpal bone of the left hand is currently evaluated as noncompensable. The Board finds that this evaluation adequately reflects the impairment caused by the disability.
- Denied
The Veteran's service connection claim for left hand ulnar neuropathy and flexor tendon laceration is denied as there is no competent evidence linking these conditions to his military service. The Veteran's increased rating claim for post-operative residuals of palmar fibromatosis, right hand is also denied due to failure to report for a scheduled VA examination.
- 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.
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