The Board has remanded the claims due to inadequate examination reports and the need for additional development, including obtaining medical records and providing a VA examination.
The deciding factor: The examination reports are insufficient to determine the etiology of the Veteran's hand disabilities, necessitating further evaluation.
- Claimed conditions
- permanent scarring of the left-hand, permanent scarring of the right-hand, skin disability of the hands
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 29, 2018
- Citation
- 18105812
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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.
- Granted
The Veteran's left eye monocular precocious cataract is related to blunt force trauma in service and the Board has granted service connection for this condition. The skin disability of the hands and tinnitus issues are remanded for further examination and opinion.
- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for various disabilities, finding no probative evidence linking these conditions to his active service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for additional development due to outstanding medical records and uncompleted VA examinations.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's tinnitus was granted service connection. The claims for neck, right ankle, left ankle, left shoulder, and right shoulder disabilities are remanded due to the need for additional development. The claim of skin disability of the hands is also remanded. The loss of sense of smell claim requires further examination.
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