The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development to determine the extent of his service-connected disabilities and any bilateral wrist disability, as well as whether these conditions are related to service or a service-connected disorder.
The deciding factor: Additional medical examination is needed to assess the severity of the Veteran's service-connected disabilities and to determine if he has a bilateral wrist disability that may be related to his service-connected hand arthritis.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative disc disease of the lumbosacral spine with fusion at L5-S1, right hand osteoarthritis, bilateral wrist disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 22, 2010
- Citation
- 1023141
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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 granted service connection for left hand and right hand osteoarthritis, finding that these conditions resulted from the Veteran's active-duty service.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including back pain and arthritis of the neck, left foot, right foot, left hand, right hand, and right shoulder. The Veteran's testimony regarding in-service injuries was inconsistent with the record.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, back disability, neck disability, bilateral foot disability, bilateral shin disability, bilateral shoulder disability, and bilateral wrist disability due to a failure to provide proper notice of the right to a hearing before the RO.
- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a bilateral wrist disability, finding that her current diagnosis of De Quervain tenosynovitis is not related to an in-service injury or disease and is not caused by or aggravated by her service-connected psychiatric disability.
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