The Board has ordered the VA to obtain private medical records from Doctors of Internal Medicine and South Denver Cardiology Associates, which were not previously obtained. The Veteran's claim for service connection for his right wrist injury will be remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: The VA needs to secure additional private medical records that may provide more information about the Veteran's right wrist injury and its relationship to his left knee disability.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a right wrist injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 18, 2016
- Citation
- 1606267
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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: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have a current right wrist disability and is therefore denied service connection for residuals of a right wrist injury. The back disability claim is remanded due to inadequate opinion in the August 2019 VA examination.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeals regarding the right wrist injury and low back disorder claims, resulting in their dismissal.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's residuals of a right wrist injury, finding that his current condition is related to an in-service injury and resolving reasonable doubt in his favor.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for left knee chondromalacia patella, right knee chondromalacia patella, residuals of a right wrist injury, left wrist carpal tunnel syndrome, hypertension, gastroduodenitis, and diverticulitis due to inadequate examination reports and incomplete medical findings.
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