The Veteran's claim is being remanded for further development, including obtaining medical records and scheduling a neurological examination to determine if he has additional diagnoses related to his service-connected residuals of cellulitis.
The deciding factor: The Board finds that the current record does not contain sufficient information to make a decision on the claim without further development.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals, cellulitis with scarring, right upper extremity, chronic capsulitis of the right glenohumeral joint, supraspinatus tendonitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 3, 2011
- Citation
- 1140961
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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
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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