The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including a VA examination to evaluate the nature and severity of his service-connected right wrist disability. The AOJ should also consider whether he is entitled to an extra-schedular rating.
The deciding factor: The case requires further evaluation due to changes in symptoms since the last VA examination and new work-related limitations reported by the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- Kienbock's disease of the right wrist, right thumb pain, numbness and tingling in right thumb and fingers
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 14, 2013
- Citation
- 1305444
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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 Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including erectile dysfunction and an acquired psychiatric disorder, have been denied. The Board found that the evidence did not support a current diagnosis of erectile dysfunction or any other claimed condition.
- Denied
The Board denied the claims for service connection for a seizure disorder, vertigo, and traumatic brain injury as there is no evidence of these conditions during or shortly after service. The claims for bladder incontinence, migraine headaches, and right thumb pain were remanded for further development.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error, specifically the failure to properly verify the Appellant's periods of active service.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeal of the denial of service connection for right thumb pain before a final decision was made by the Board.
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