The Board has remanded the case to the AOJ for additional development, including a VA examination and readjudication of the claims.
The deciding factor: The Joint Motion found that the most recent VA examination is inadequate for rating purposes and requested further examination and review of medical records. The Board must comply with this request as per the 'law of the case' doctrine.
- Claimed conditions
- right wrist peripheral neuropathy, left wrist peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 31, 2016
- Citation
- 1621740
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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
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's current obstructive sleep apnea is granted as secondary to service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder.,The Veteran's current right wrist peripheral neuropathy is granted as secondary to service-connected syringomyelia.,The Veteran's nerve damage, back remains in dispute and will be remanded for further evaluation.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected right and left wrist peripheral neuropathy prior to October 17, 2016 due to inadequate consideration of relevant medical evidence in previous decisions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for higher initial ratings for service-connected bilateral wrist peripheral neuropathies are remanded due to lack of substantial compliance with the December 2017 remand directives. A new VA examination is needed to address the clinical significance of prior examination reports.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for right and left wrist peripheral neuropathy prior to October 17, 2016 are being remanded due to inadequate consideration of relevant medical evidence. The Board will provide a new VA examination to address the clinical significance of this evidence.
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