The Board has remanded the case for additional development to obtain service medical records and verify the veteran's reserve service.
The deciding factor: Additional evidence is needed to fully assess the veteran's claim, including verifying his periods of active and reserve service and obtaining relevant medical records.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a ganglion cyst of the right wrist
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 14, 2005
- Citation
- 0516133
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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: Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran's residuals of a ganglion cyst of the right wrist did not result from service or are not related to his service-connected condition, and thus denied his claim for service connection.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for migraine headaches and residuals of a ganglion cyst of the right wrist were denied as he failed to report for scheduled VA examinations, resulting in the claims being rated based on the evidence of record.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that additional development of the evidence is required before a decision can be made on the Veteran's claims for increased ratings for migraine headaches and residuals of a ganglion cyst of the right wrist.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board found that there is no current disability of the right wrist and thus denied service connection for residuals of a ganglion cyst.
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