The Veteran's claim for increased disability ratings for his service-connected old healed fractures of the left hand and non conversion features is being remanded due to the need for additional development, including a peripheral nerve VA examination.
The deciding factor: Further evaluation is required to determine the current severity of the Veteran's left hand condition, specifically related to the ulnar nerve.
- Claimed conditions
- old healed fractures of the 3rd, 4th, and 5th fingers of the left hand, paralysis of the ulnar nerve
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 25, 2013
- Citation
- 1330913
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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.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal was dismissed due to his death, and the issue of entitlement to an increased disability rating for paralysis of the ulnar nerve has been withdrawn.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for a 10 percent disability rating for his service-connected old healed fractures of the left hand and non conversion features, claimed as paralysis of the ulnar nerve, is denied.
- Denied
The Veteran's left hand grip weakness, evaluated as paralysis of the ulnar nerve, was rated at 30 percent since December 29, 2009. A separate 10 percent rating for ankylosis of the left index finger is granted effective from December 29, 2009.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for reimbursement of unauthorized medical expenses incurred at a private facility on October 29, 2006 is denied as the care received was not rendered for or associated with his service-connected disabilities and did not meet the criteria for emergency treatment.
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