The Board has vacated its March 2010 decision denying service connection for CTS of the right hand and remanded the case to allow for further development.
The deciding factor: The Court found that the March 2010 decision failed to provide due process by not addressing continuity of symptomatology, and requested a new decision on this issue.
- Claimed conditions
- CTS of the right hand
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 26, 2011
- Citation
- 1127879
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What this means for you
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