The Veteran's appeal involves two issues related to his service-connected right forearm fracture. The Board has determined that a remand is necessary due to the passage of time since his last VA examination and because he asserts his symptoms are worse than what was described in the previous evaluation.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's assertions warrant an additional VA examination to assess the current severity of his service-connected right forearm disability, including range-of-motion testing and consideration of functional loss due to pain and flare-ups.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of right forearm fracture
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 16, 2014
- Citation
- 1445814
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for psoriatic arthritis as secondary to service-connected psoriasis, but denied service connection for residuals of right forearm fracture, residuals of ear infections, and chronic fatigue syndrome.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board found that new and material evidence has not been submitted to reopen the claim of service connection for residuals of a right forearm fracture. The July 3, 1967 rating decision denying service connection was upheld as there is no clear and unmistakable error.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for his service-connected coronary artery disease, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on the severity of his condition.
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