The Veteran's appeal is being remanded to obtain additional treatment records and an addendum medical opinion regarding the possibility of any additional disability caused by the August 2009 surgeries. The TDIU claim is inextricably intertwined with the 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 claim.
The deciding factor: The Veteran testified about undergoing another surgery in June 2015, and treatment records from this surgery need to be obtained for a complete evaluation of his condition.
- Claimed conditions
- left ulnar nerve damage
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 23, 2015
- Citation
- 1553507
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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 veteran is seeking compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for post-operative left wrist disability and an anxiety disorder resulting from a lipoma excision in June 1998. The VA has not adequately addressed whether the veteran's current conditions are due to the surgery or if they are the natural progression of his disease.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has determined that the veteran's left ulnar nerve damage is asymptomatic and no longer meets the criteria for a compensable rating. The RO reduced his disability evaluation from 10 percent to noncompensable effective August 31, 1999.
- Whole decision: Denied
The VA determined that the veteran's service-connected left ulnar nerve damage and peptic ulcer disease do not preclude him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation.
- 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.
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