The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining service treatment records and providing an addendum opinion from a VA examiner. The Veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of a nose fracture is pending.
The deciding factor: The case was remanded due to failure to comply with previous directives regarding the association of service treatment records and provision of an addendum opinion by a VA examiner.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a nose fracture
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 3, 2016
- Citation
- 1630962
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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)
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the VA examinations and opinions provided were inadequate to address the Veteran's claims for service connection. The issues of entitlement to service connection have been remanded due to deficiencies in the prior VA examination reports.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities are found to prevent him from securing and following substantially gainful employment, warranting a grant of TDIU on an extra-schedular basis.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for residuals of a nose fracture, sinusitis with headaches, and allergic rhinitis were denied as they did not meet the criteria for compensable disability ratings.
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