The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding whether the veteran's current wrist disorders are related to service. The VA will conduct a new examination and provide an opinion on the etiology of any diagnosed conditions.
The deciding factor: The existing record does not contain sufficient information to make a decision on the claim for service connection, as required by VCAA.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral wrist disorders, carpal tunnel syndrome in right wrist, peripheral neuropathy of right wrist
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 22, 2004
- Citation
- 0433731
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's bilateral wrist disorders, including carpal tunnel syndrome and carpal laxity, began in service and have continued after service. The decision grants service connection for these conditions.
- Partly granted
The Board has reopened the claim for service connection for a headache disorder, including as secondary to service-connected tinnitus. The Veteran's headaches have been confirmed and are considered a current disability.,However, there is no evidence of a bilateral wrist disorder at any time since the filing of her claim.
- Denied
The Veteran's service connection claims for bilateral wrist, elbow, and thumb disorders, as well as a left shoulder disorder, were denied. The claim for residuals of a fracture of the right ring finger was also denied.
- Denied
The Board found that the Veteran's bilateral wrist disorders were not incurred in or aggravated by active service and denied both his claim for service connection and his TDIU claim.
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