The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for a VA examination to address his allegations and medical questions raised by the claim under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151.
The deciding factor: The case requires further evaluation of the Veteran's right hand surgery and its resulting complications to determine if additional disability was proximately caused by carelessness, negligence, lack of proper skill, error in judgment or similar instance of fault on the part of VA.
- Claimed conditions
- Right ring finger Dupuytren's contracture, Complex regional pain syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 29, 2014
- Citation
- 1433748
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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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