The Board has denied service connection for a ganglion cyst of the right wrist and is now remanding the issue of service connection for a bilateral shoulder disability to include as secondary to a service-connected cervical spine disability due to additional development.
The deciding factor: Additional medical evidence is needed to determine if the veteran's current shoulder disability is related to her service-connected cervical spine disability or any other service-connected condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Ganglion cyst of the right wrist, Bilateral shoulder disability (presumed secondary to service-connected cervical spine disability)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 1, 2008
- Citation
- 0833809
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
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).
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the claims for neurological disability of the right upper extremity, ganglion cyst of the right wrist, and prostate cancer due to incomplete compliance with previous remands and insufficient rationale provided in the opinions.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities did not meet the criteria for a TDIU on a schedular basis from May 2, 2007, to October 2, 2009. The Board found that her unemployment was due to nonservice-connected factors and she was in school during this period.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The veteran's appeal is being remanded to the RO for additional development, including allowing time for stressor verification and reviewing his claim for service connection for PTSD. The issues of whether new and material evidence has been received to reopen claims for arthritis of the lumbosacral spine, a ganglion cyst of the right wrist, and gout; and for increased ratings for hearing loss and diabetes mellitus are being remanded as well.
- Whole decision: Denied
The veteran's initial claims for service connection for a ganglion cyst of the right wrist and plantar fasciitis of the left foot were granted. However, his appeal for an initial compensable evaluation for the ganglion cyst of the right wrist was denied as there is no functional loss associated with this disability. For the plantar fasciitis of the left foot, he received a 10 percent evaluation initially and later received a 20 percent evaluation starting from July 26, 1999.
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