The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including an examination to determine if the veteran's current right hand and finger disorders are related to service. The issue of entitlement to service connection remains pending.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for further medical evaluation to clarify the relationship between the veteran's current conditions and his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of an injury to the right forearm, trigger fingers
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 14, 2008
- Citation
- 0827593
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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: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the etiology of the Veteran's right-hand disabilities, including degenerative arthritis, trigger fingers, and De Quervain tenosynovitis. The Veteran is asked to provide records from any healthcare providers who have treated her for these conditions.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's temporary total evaluation for right hand surgery is denied as the evidence does not show severe post-operative residuals requiring convalescence.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate VA examination and failure to address whether the Veteran's disability manifested within one year of discharge from service. The Veteran is presumed sound at entry into service, but his entrance examination was silent as to any bilateral hand condition or disability.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for special monthly pension based on need for regular aid and attendance or housebound status due to her inability to meet the criteria set forth in VA regulations.
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