The Board has remanded four issues: evaluations for wrist, foot, and skin disabilities; and a TDIU claim. The reasons include the need to obtain additional medical records and ensure that all relevant information is considered in evaluating these claims.
The deciding factor: The previous VA examinations were deemed inadequate due to insufficient detail provided about the severity of the Veteran's conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a right wrist fracture, right hallux valgus with hammer toe, left hallux valgus with hammer toe, tinea unguium
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 3, 2019
- Citation
- 19100754
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 439 · Granted: 19% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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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- Partly granted
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