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.
The deciding factor: The Board failed to adequately consider the clinical significance of specific medical evidence in determining whether higher disability ratings were warranted for the Veteran's wrist peripheral neuropathy prior to October 17, 2016.
- 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
- December 18, 2017
- Citation
- 1758546
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- 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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case to the AOJ for additional development, including a VA examination and readjudication of the claims.
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