The Veteran is seeking service connection for a left rib condition and TDIU prior to January 8, 2021. The case has been remanded due to the need for additional examinations and development of records.
The deciding factor: The decision was not explicitly about service connection but also addressed the issue of TDIU which requires an examination to consider all disabilities together.
- Claimed conditions
- left rib condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 19, 2021
- Citation
- 21030665
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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: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's petition to reopen his claim of service connection for a left rib condition is granted. The Board also remanded the claims for service connection for left ankle, hip, and respiratory conditions.
- Whole decision: Granted
Service connection is granted for left ankle arthritis, right elbow condition, and left elbow condition.,Service connection is granted for left ulnar neuritis. Service connection is denied for left rib condition.,Service connection is granted for lumbar spine condition.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate examination and development of evidence related to service connection for a back disability, including on a secondary basis to service-connected knee disabilities.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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