The Board has determined that a remand is necessary to obtain updated medical evidence and for the appellant to be afforded an examination. The appeal will be processed as if the hearing request was withdrawn.
The deciding factor: The appellant's service-connected nerve damage of the right wrist requires further evaluation due to potential worsening symptoms, necessitating a contemporaneous compensation and pension examination.
- Claimed conditions
- nerve damage of the right wrist, posttraumatic osteoarthritis of the right wrist with residual scar
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 26, 2018
- Citation
- 1825207
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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
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