The veteran's claim for an increased rating of his service-connected right wrist fracture is being remanded due to the need for additional evidence and consideration under a different diagnostic code.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations indicate that the veteran may have carpal tunnel syndrome or symptoms similar to it, which should be evaluated using Diagnostic Code 8515.
- Claimed conditions
- fracture of the right wrist
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 16, 2000
- Citation
- 0007098
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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).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for service connection and increased disability ratings have been dismissed due to the appellant withdrawing his appeals.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied an increased rating for the veteran's service-connected residuals of a fracture, carpal scaphoid with osteoarthritis of the right wrist.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has determined that the veteran's skin cancer was not incurred in or aggravated by service and may not be presumed to have been incurred in service. The claims for residuals of a concussion, right ankle fracture, right wrist fracture, and occipital parietal diastasis fracture with left facial paralysis are denied as well.
- Whole decision: Granted
The veteran's claim for an increased rating for his right wrist fracture was granted, with a current evaluation of 30 percent.
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