The Board has remanded the claims for a rating in excess of 10 percent for right hand cellulitis and service connection for venereal disease due to lack of consideration of functional impact from pain, need for updated VA treatment records, and need for addendum medical opinions.
The deciding factor: The decision was not made based on any specific exposure basis or service connection theory. The remand is due to the Board's failure to consider evidence regarding functional impact from pain and the lack of recent VA examination results.
- Claimed conditions
- status post cellulitis of the right hand (major), hyperpigmented tender scar of the right third metacarpophalangeal joint with arthritic changes, venereal disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 19, 2019
- Citation
- 19164202
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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.
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