The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for nerve conditions of his hands and arms due to insufficient medical opinions regarding the etiology of these conditions. The Veteran is also being asked to provide any private treatment records related to his arm conditions.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not have sufficient information to determine if the Veteran’s current diagnoses are linked to service, or if they were aggravated by a pre-existing condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Nerve condition of the right hand, Nerve condition of the left hand, Right arm condition, Left arm condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 6, 2018
- Citation
- 18147816
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
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