The Board has ordered a new VA examination to assess whether the Veteran's decreased grip strength is related to his service-connected right wrist disability, and to determine if a separate compensable rating should be assigned for this condition.
The deciding factor: The decision was remanded due to the need for additional evidence regarding the Veteran's decreased grip strength and its relation to his service-connected right wrist disability.
- Claimed conditions
- nonunion right scaphoid fracture with internal fixation, post-traumatic arthritis right wrist, status post bone graft
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 14, 2018
- Citation
- 18135374
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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: Denied
The Veteran's service-connected residuals of nonunion right scaphoid fracture with internal fixation, post traumatic arthritis of the right wrist, and status post bone graft have been rated at 10 percent. The Board found that this rating is appropriate as there was no ankylosis in the wrist and the Veteran did not meet criteria for a higher evaluation due to loss of grip strength or arthritis.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for his service-connected coronary artery disease, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on the severity of his condition.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's service-connected musculoligamentous strain, right knee, is currently rated at 10 percent and the Board finds that a higher rating is not warranted.
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