The appeal to reopen the claim of entitlement to service connection for residuals of a fracture of the right hand, to include a scar, is granted. The claims for service connection for residuals of a right wrist injury are remanded.
The deciding factor: The evidence added since the last final denial raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim and thus constitutes new and material evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- Residuals of a fracture of the right hand, to include a scar, Residuals of a right wrist injury
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 12, 2021
- Citation
- 21062831
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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