The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to new evidence being added to the record and a supplemental statement of the case (SSOC) not having been issued yet.
The deciding factor: New evidence was added to the record, but an SSOC has not been issued to address it.
- Claimed conditions
- dental condition, residuals from a traumatic brain injury (TBI), left upper extremity median nerve neuropathy, right upper extremity median nerve neuropathy, left upper extremity ulnar nerve neuropathy, right upper extremity ulnar nerve neuropathy, left peripheral neuropathy, right peripheral neuropathy, left carpal tunnel syndrome, right carpal tunnel syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 23, 2023
- Citation
- 23046815
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the cases due to a duty to assist error, requiring new VA examinations for the appellant's left carpal tunnel syndrome and left wrist osteoarthritis.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the appeal as it found that the benefits originally sought have been granted in full, and thus there is no longer a specific error of fact or law to address.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the Veteran's appeals because a prior decision by the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims affirmed the denial of service connection for a dental condition.
- Granted
The Veteran's left and right carpal tunnel syndrome have been granted increased ratings to 20% and 30%, respectively, effective from the date of the decision.
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