Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the service connection claim for two fingers of right hand due to a need for a VA examination and opinion.
The deciding factor: Without a medical examination, the Board is unable to determine if there is a current disability or if it is related to active service.
- Claimed conditions
- Disfigurement, pain, nerve damage (two fingers of right hand)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 25, 2025
- Citation
- A25016557
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