The Veteran's claims are being remanded for additional development, including obtaining medical records and scheduling a VA examination to assess the severity of his service-connected ganglion cyst. The issues include rating adjustments and service connection claims.
The deciding factor: The case is being returned to allow for further development as requested by the Board in order to ensure that there is a complete record upon which to decide the Veteran's claims.
- Claimed conditions
- ganglion cyst, left wrist, anxiety disorder and panic attacks
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 27, 2014
- Citation
- 1447450
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for ganglion cysts of both the right and left wrists, finding that the Veteran's current condition is related to his active military service.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and an initial rating of 10 percent for a left wrist scar, while denying higher ratings for ganglion cyst and bilateral hearing loss.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's ganglion cyst, left wrist, was incurred during a period of INACDUTRA in December 2010. The Board has granted service connection for this condition.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's left wrist ganglion cyst was incurred in service and the Board has granted service connection for this condition.
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