The Board has remanded the case due to errors in its discussion of the Veteran's claim for residuals of a bilateral hand injury and failure to consider evidence related to the right lower extremity disability. The issues are now pending before the Board again.
The deciding factor: The Board failed to address all relevant evidence, including service treatment records and VA examination reports, which could have provided a more comprehensive analysis of the Veteran's claims.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a ruptured right achilles tendon, bilateral hand scars
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 2, 2022
- Citation
- 22061689
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for functional abdominal pain syndrome, a headache disorder, dyspnea, left elbow disorder, left wrist disorder, right wrist disorder, left knee disorder, and right foot plantar fasciitis. The Board denied an initial compensable rating for verruca vulgaris and bilateral hand scars. The Board remanded the claim for service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome.
- Dismissed
The appeal for a higher (compensable) disability rating for bilateral hand scars is dismissed as the Veteran informed the Board in writing that he no longer pursues this issue on appeal.
- Denied
The Veteran's appeal was denied for an earlier effective date of service connection. The initial ratings assigned for various disabilities were also denied.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) as his service-connected disabilities do not preclude him from securing and following a substantially gainful occupation.
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