The Board has remanded the claims for a rating in excess of 10 percent for a right wrist scaphoid fracture and incomplete paralysis of the median nerve, as well as the claim for TDIU prior to November 5, 2013. The appeals are being returned due to the need for additional development regarding functional loss assessments.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the remand instructions were not fully complied with in terms of assessing functional loss during flare-ups or after repeated use over time and requested further examination to ensure compliance.
- Claimed conditions
- right wrist scaphoid fracture, incomplete paralysis of the median nerve for the right wrist
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 4, 2024
- Citation
- 24000736
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for an earlier effective date for service connection for various conditions, due to a failure to provide notice of the Veteran's right to a hearing.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran was granted an effective date of July 14, 2017, for the grant of service connection for radiculopathy, left lower extremity. However, he was denied a request for an earlier effective date.,For his right wrist scaphoid fracture, the Veteran's claim for a higher rating was granted on August 24, 2017, but it was determined that the increase in severity did not occur prior to this date.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss is denied as there is no evidence of a current disability.,The Veteran's claim for an increased rating for residuals of a right wrist scaphoid fracture is denied as the maximum schedular rating has been reached and there is no evidence of ankylosis.,The Veteran's claim for an increased rating for synovitis of the left ankle is denied as the disability does not meet the criteria for a higher rating.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is remanded for a VA examination to determine the current nature and severity of his service-connected right wrist disability, including range-of-motion testing and assessment of additional functional loss during flare-ups or on repeated use.
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