The Board has decided to remand the case due to incomplete service records and a need for further verification of the Veteran's dates of service.
The deciding factor: Incomplete service records require additional efforts to verify the exact dates of service and obtain all available service treatment records.
- Claimed conditions
- right little finger disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 7, 2018
- Citation
- 18133028
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for right index, long, ring, and little finger disorders due to inadequate medical opinions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the Veteran's neck, low back, right wrist carpal tunnel, right hand disorder (including right thumb disorder), right little finger disorder, and gastrointestinal disorders may be related to his active duty service. However, additional medical opinions are needed to clarify these relationships.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals were dismissed as moot due to improper forms and untimely filings.
- Denied
The Veteran's claims for service connection have been denied, and the effective dates for certain awards have also been denied. The Board found that new evidence did not meet the criteria to reopen the claims for left ear hearing loss, sinusitis, or bronchitis. Effective dates were determined based on when the claims were received.
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