The Veteran's appeal is being remanded to the RO for scheduling a Travel Board hearing. The initial compensable rating and increased disability rating claims are pending.
The deciding factor: The Veteran requested a hearing, which must be provided before further appellate consideration can be made.
- Claimed conditions
- scars of the right upper extremity, right ulnar nerve neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 27, 2012
- Citation
- 1243849
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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.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 40 percent rating for lumbosacral strain and denied or remanded the other issues on appeal.
- Granted
The veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for Total Disability based on Individual Unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected prostate cancer residuals was granted, with the effective date set to August 23, 2010.
- Denied
The Veteran's appeal for a higher rating for his right ulnar nerve neuropathy was denied. The Board found that the evidence did not support an increased rating, as the condition did not meet the criteria for complete paralysis of the ulnar nerve.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeals for the right ulnar nerve neuropathy and left ankle disorder secondary to service-connected conditions. The Board has dismissed these issues.
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