The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including a new VA examination to assess the current severity of his service-connected left wrist and arm conditions.
The deciding factor: The Veteran has requested an increased rating for his service-connected disabilities, which requires further evaluation by medical professionals.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of left wrist fracture, left cubital tunnel syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 3, 2014
- Citation
- 1453086
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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 Veteran's service-connected hypertension is found to be the cause of her left cubital tunnel syndrome and bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome. Her unspecified depressive disorder is rated at 50%.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral arm disabilities is remanded due to incomplete STRs from his Reserve service. The AOJ must attempt to obtain these records and consider the evidence of record in its decision.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to a duty to assist error and needs to provide an addendum medical opinion regarding the nature and etiology of any current left upper extremity disability.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted a compensable disability rating of 10 percent for left cubital tunnel syndrome, but denied any higher rating. The condition is currently rated as mild incomplete paralysis of the ulnar nerve.
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