The Board has remanded the cases for further development due to incomplete examination reports and additional opinions are needed.
The deciding factor: Incomplete examination reports prevented a proper assessment of the Veteran's conditions, necessitating additional evaluations and opinions.
- Claimed conditions
- Right little finger fracture, Right hand scar, Internal hemorrhoids
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 9, 2019
- Citation
- 19169865
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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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