The Board has reopened the veteran's previously denied claims of entitlement to service connection for degenerative disc disease with DJD, lumbar spine and carpal tunnel syndrome, right wrist. The case is now remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: New evidence received since the last final denial raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating the veteran's claims.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative disc disease (DDD) with degenerative joint disease (DJD), lumbar spine, carpal tunnel syndrome, right wrist
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 11, 2008
- Citation
- 0842700
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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.
- Dismissed
The appeal for neck pain pinched nerve severe arthritis cervical spine is dismissed as a matter of law. Service connection and increased ratings are granted for major depression, mental disorder anxiety and PTSD, carpal tunnel syndrome (both wrists), and migraine including migraine variants.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for carpal tunnel syndrome, right wrist, as the evidence supports a link to the Veteran's military service. The left wrist condition remains under review.
- Granted
The Board granted the appeal regarding the timeliness of the Notice of Disagreement, accepting it as timely. The Regional Office must now address the issues raised in the January 11, 2021 Notice of Disagreement.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the cases of numbness in the left arm and bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome due to inadequate compliance with previous remand directives. The Veteran's claims are being returned for further development, including obtaining addendum opinions from a neurologist regarding the nature and etiology of his claimed conditions.
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