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.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for multiple disabilities, including bilateral wrist, ankle, foot, shoulder, allergic rhinitis, sinusitis, lumbosacral spine, and carpal tunnel syndrome, as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were related to active service.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for headaches, a bilateral wrist disability, a bilateral hip disability, facial scars, and a rating in excess of 10 percent for right ankle sprain.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for headaches but denied service connection for left knee degenerative arthritis, right hand osteoarthritis, and right shoulder degenerative arthritis.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a left shoulder disability and bilateral wrist disabilities, as there was no persuasive evidence that these conditions had their onset during active service or were related to any in-service injury.
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