The Veteran's appeal is remanded for additional development to include obtaining a VA examination and readjudication of her claims.
The deciding factor: The current evidence does not provide sufficient information to evaluate the Veteran's service-connected conditions under the rating criteria, necessitating further examination and review.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic Headache Disorder, Residual Scars from Gunshot Wounds to the Right Wrist, Hand and/or Fingers
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 4, 2023
- Citation
- 23000346
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 880 · Granted: 26% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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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