The Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 is remanded due to a duty to assist error, specifically the lack of consent form and CT scan report from Houston VAMC.
The deciding factor: There was an omission in obtaining necessary medical records related to the October 2018 CT scan at Houston VAMC.
- Claimed conditions
- Right hand disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 29, 2026
- Citation
- A26008615
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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.
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