The Board has remanded the case due to a lack of adequate rationale in a VA addendum opinion regarding the Veteran's bilateral wrist tendonitis and its relation to service.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for an addendum VA opinion addressing the etiology of the Veteran’s bilateral wrist tendonitis, specifically whether it was related to his service-connected degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine.
- Claimed conditions
- inflammatory arthritis, bilateral wrist tendonitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 6, 2018
- Citation
- 18147991
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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: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for inflammatory arthritis as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) due to military sexual trauma with borderline personality disorder. However, the claim for service connection for TBI was denied because there is no medical evidence linking the injury to service.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for a right wrist disability, diagnosed as bilateral wrist tendonitis and De Quervain's syndrome, based on an in-service injury during active duty.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for bilateral wrist conditions, finding that the Veteran's current diagnoses of bilateral wrist tendonitis are related to her active-duty service.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to the need for additional development, including obtaining service records and VA treatment records. The inflammatory arthritis claim is being considered on a secondary basis as it may be related to gout. For the leukocyte disorder claim, an additional VA medical opinion is needed to determine if the condition was caused or made worse by VA treatment.
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