The Board has determined that the Veteran's claims for increased ratings and TDIU are remanded due to inadequate medical opinions regarding his service-connected neuritis of the right upper extremity. The claims will be returned to the examiner for further clarification.
The deciding factor: The previous examination reports were insufficient in providing a clear determination of the severity of the Veteran's neuritis, which has been rated as 40 percent disabling since September 3, 2008.
- Claimed conditions
- Neuritis of the right upper extremity, Scars on the right hand
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 25, 2021
- Citation
- 21065097
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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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