The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining updated VA treatment records and scheduling a VA examination to evaluate the Veteran's TDIU claim. The issue of entitlement to aid and attendance is also raised.
The deciding factor: The decision was not about service connection but rather about the appropriate disability rating and whether the Veteran should be granted a TDIU based on his service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- right clavicle fracture, right shoulder degenerative changes
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 6, 2022
- Citation
- 22038645
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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
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- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted an initial rating of 20 percent for left ankle lateral collateral ligament sprain and a higher rating of 40 percent for right shoulder degenerative changes, but remanded the claim for service connection for chronic sinusitis.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for lumbar spine degenerative disc disease, right shoulder degenerative changes, and sinusitis.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD) type 2B, neuromuscular scoliosis of the thoracic spine, degenerative changes of the cervical spine with chronic muscle spasms and upper extremity radiculopathy, and a right clavicle fracture as secondary to LGMD. Bilateral hearing loss was denied.
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