The Board has remanded the claims for service connection, temporary total rating, and TDIU due to incomplete records and lack of an examination. The appellant seeks service connection for cold weather injuries to his hands.
The deciding factor: Incomplete service treatment or personnel records prevent a determination on the merits.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of cold weather injury to the hands
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 5, 2023
- Citation
- 23064273
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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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