The Board remands the issues of entitlement to a disability rating in excess of 10 percent for residuals of a shell fragment wound of the left chest wall, entitlement to a disability rating in excess of 10 percent for scars, left chest wall, and entitlement to a total disability rating based upon individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU) for further development.
The deciding factor: The remand is necessary to obtain relevant outstanding treatment records and address the Veteran's employment history since his April 2013 claim.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a shell fragment wound of the left chest wall, scars, left chest wall
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 10, 2025
- Citation
- 25004871
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,677 · Granted: 26% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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.
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