The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including a vocational assessment and consideration of an extraschedular evaluation.
The deciding factor: The case was previously denied due to insufficient notice regarding the VA and Veteran's duties in a TDIU claim. The decision now requires further development as per the Board's previous remand instructions.
- Claimed conditions
- laceration of the right long finger, right ring finger, status post-excision bony exostosis at the proximal interphalangeal joint of the right long finger
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 2, 2016
- Citation
- 1617557
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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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- Dismissed
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- Denied
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