The Veteran's appeal is remanded for additional development, including obtaining updated VA treatment records and arranging a new VA examination to assess the severity of her service-connected right thumb laceration.
The deciding factor: The decision requires further development due to changes in the Veteran's condition since the last examination and the need to obtain updated medical records.
- Claimed conditions
- right thumb laceration
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 29, 2013
- Citation
- 1317516
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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 service connection for a right thumb scar status post laceration and readjudicated the claims of entitlement to service connection for various disorders, finding new and relevant evidence in some cases.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including sleep apnea and degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine, are found to be of such severity that they preclude his ability to maintain substantially gainful employment. The TDIU rating is granted. However, the issue of a higher rating for the back disability remains pending.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not render him unemployable, as he has been self-employed for over thirty years and missed an average of 4-6 days a month due to his conditions. The evidence does not show marked interference with employment.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining employment records and scheduling VA examinations to assess the severity of the Veteran's service-connected disabilities.
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