The Board has remanded the issues of service connection for speech disability, vision disability, and memory disability. The left fifth metacarpal post-fracture and scarring on both hands have been evaluated as noncompensable.
The deciding factor: The Veteran does not have a current diagnosis of these conditions and the evidence does not support their service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- speech disability, vision disability (presbyopia), memory disability, left fifth metacarpal post-fracture, scarring on the right hand, scarring on the left hand
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 24, 2019
- Citation
- 19174360
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hand disability, speech disability, and disability manifested by memory loss (other than psychiatric disability and sleep apnea) due to a lack of evidence showing current disabilities at any time during or approximate to the pendency of his claim.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for vertigo, but remanded the claims for bilateral hand disability, speech disability, and memory loss.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for migraines, fatigue disability, and memory disability on a direct basis, and assigned ratings of 60 percent for right and left lower extremity sciatica from September 13, 2021.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for compensation under provisions of 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for balance, right ear, speech, and respiratory disabilities due to a duty to assist error.
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