The Veteran's claims for service connection of a right wrist condition and throat condition are being remanded due to the submission of new evidence.,The claim for secondary service connection of a deviated septum is also being remanded.
The deciding factor: New evidence submitted by the Veteran has been deemed relevant and sufficient to warrant re-adjudication of her claims.
- Claimed conditions
- Right wrist condition (chronic wrist sprain and pain), Throat condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 3, 2019
- Citation
- A19003274
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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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