The Board has remanded the case for clarification of the Veteran's address and for completion of a VA Form 21-8940, Veterans Application for Increased Compensation Based on Unemployability. The effective date for TDIU benefits is also to be determined.
The deciding factor: Clarification of the Veteran's address was requested in order to ensure proper communication regarding his claims and the need for a detailed work history.
- Claimed conditions
- Right upper extremity disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 9, 2015
- Citation
- 1538569
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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: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to inadequate opinions in previous VA examinations, and a new examination is required to determine if the Veteran's right upper extremity disability is related to his active service.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of entitlement to separate compensable ratings for bilateral lower extremity and upper extremity disabilities due to insufficient medical evidence.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have a current diagnosis of any claimed conditions and therefore service connection is denied. The issues of hypertension, heart disability, disabilities of the upper and lower extremities, anemia, sinusitis, and allergic rhinitis are remanded for further development.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided that the Veteran's right upper extremity disability is associated with and/or secondary to his service-connected cervical spine disorder, but further examination is needed to determine this.
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