The Board has remanded the case for an additional VA aid and attendance examination to determine if the Veteran's service-connected disabilities alone render him housebound or in need of regular aid and attendance of another.
The deciding factor: The Court found that there is no basis in the 2012 VA examiner's opinion for the Board's conclusion that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities alone do not warrant aid and attendance.
- Claimed conditions
- loss of use of the left hand, mixed anxiety depressive disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 8, 2015
- Citation
- 1551444
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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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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- Granted
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