The Board remands the claims for further development as additional evidence and examination are needed to properly evaluate the Veteran's service-connected conditions.
The deciding factor: The record is unclear regarding which specific symptoms are attributable to each diagnosed disability, necessitating a more detailed medical evaluation.
- Claimed conditions
- left elbow lobital tunnel syndrome, postoperative left wrist fusion, left, with reflex sympathetic dystrophy, left foot hammer toes, amputation tip of the left second toe due to frostbite, and second toe mallet deformity with flexible hammer toe of the third digit
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 9, 2023
- Citation
- 23001179
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.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for earlier effective dates and higher ratings for various service-connected conditions, except for a few granted evaluations.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral plantar fasciitis and hammer toes of both feet due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors by the RO.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for earlier effective dates and increased ratings for foot disabilities, as well as service connection for sleep apnea.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 50 percent evaluation for PTSD with alcohol abuse from May 19, 2011 to June 17, 2012 and a 70 percent evaluation from July 21, 2015 to the present. The evaluations in excess of 50 percent were denied.
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