The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development to determine the current manifestations and severity of his service-connected right wrist disability, including any causal relationship between his in-service injury and his current symptoms.
The deciding factor: Additional development is needed to clarify which of the Veteran's current symptoms are associated with his in-service right wrist injury.
- Claimed conditions
- right wrist strain, carpal tunnel syndrome, arthritis of the wrist
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 15, 2012
- Citation
- 1228146
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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 Veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection of carpal tunnel syndrome in the left upper extremity, and the Board has dismissed this case.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to inadequate VA examinations and a pre-decisional duty to assist error. Additional development is needed for service connection of carpal tunnel syndrome, increased ratings for lower extremity radiculopathies, and obtaining a VA TERA opinion.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for increased ratings on multiple hand and wrist conditions has been dismissed as the Veteran requested withdrawal of the appeal.
- Granted
The Veteran's carpal tunnel syndrome and ulnar nerve post traumatic mononeuropathy of the right upper extremity is rated at 40 percent effective July 23, 2019.
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