The Board has remanded the case due to a lack of a VA examination and medical opinion regarding the Veteran's right-hand disability, which may be related to his active service. The Veteran needs to provide updated service treatment records and undergo an examination to determine if his current right-hand disability is at least as likely as not caused by his in-service injury.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there was insufficient evidence to make a determination on the claim for service connection, specifically due to the lack of a VA examination and medical opinion regarding the Veteran's right-hand disability. The Veteran needs updated service treatment records and an examination to determine if his current condition is related to his in-service injury.
- Claimed conditions
- Right-hand disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 17, 2019
- Citation
- A19003647
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various disabilities, including GERD, headaches, bilateral hearing loss, an acquired psychiatric disability, and multiple musculoskeletal and other conditions, as there was no evidence of a current disability related to the Veteran's active duty service.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for the veteran's right shoulder, right-hand, left-hand, right foot, and left foot disabilities as there was no evidence to support a finding that these conditions began during active service or were otherwise related to an in-service injury or disease.
- Partly granted
The Board granted readjudication of the claims for service connection for left-hand and right-hand disabilities based on new and relevant evidence, but remanded them for a VA examination to determine their etiology.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate VA examination and incomplete record, requiring further development including a new VA examination to assess the Veteran's right-hand disability.
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