The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for further development, including obtaining VA treatment records and a specific opinion from the examiner regarding the current nature and severity of his service-connected left great toe nail deformity.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there was not substantial compliance with prior remand directives due to lack of specificity in the examination report regarding which symptoms are attributable to the Veteran's service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- left great toenail deformity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 25, 2017
- Citation
- 1747878
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the veteran's appeal for service connection and earlier effective dates for various conditions, as he concurrently filed a request for higher-level review while his prior appeal was pending.
- Denied
The Veteran's left great toenail deformity is currently rated as noncompensably disabling, and a 10 percent rating has been assigned since July 27, 2012. The Board finds that the evidence does not support an increased rating for this condition.
- Granted
The Veteran's initial disability ratings for bilateral hearing loss and headache disability were granted, with the headache rating being increased to 50 percent effective July 27, 2012. The left great toenail deformity was granted an initial non-compensable rating.
- 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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