The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including a VA orthopedic examination to assess the current severity of his service-connected left finger disability and any associated forearm and forearm scar involvement.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claim requires further evidence due to recent changes in jurisdiction and need for updated medical records and an examination.
- Claimed conditions
- left fourth finger, left fifth finger
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 22, 2016
- Citation
- 1629348
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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 Veteran's disabilities of the left third, fourth, and fifth fingers likely had onset during service. The Board finds that the Veteran should be given the benefit of the doubt that her conditions are related to service.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case for further action, including scheduling a travel board hearing.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection and increased evaluations for various conditions, including right ear hearing loss, heart palpitations with left-sided chest pain, lumbosacral strain, sinusitis, left ear hearing loss, left fifth finger, tendonitis of the right knee, and migraine headaches.
- Whole decision: Granted
The veteran required a period of convalescence from treatment of his service-connected left fifth finger disorder for the period from August 1, 1999 to November 3, 1999. The VA has granted an extension of a temporary total disability evaluation due to this condition.
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