Remanded (sent back)
The appeal for a higher disability rating for the veteran's left medial forearm laceration is remanded. The Board needs more information to determine the appropriate rating.
The deciding factor: The Board could not determine the appropriate rating due to ambiguity in the medical records regarding which nerves are affected.
- Claimed conditions
- left medial forearm laceration, status post-surgical repair
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 14, 2025
- Citation
- A25003097
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