The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the relationship between the Veteran's current right hand DJD and his in-service injury. The claim will be further developed with a VA examination.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there is not enough information in the record to make a fully informed decision on the service connection claim, necessitating an examination for medical opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative Joint Disease (DJD) of the right hand
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 14, 2019
- Citation
- 19111449
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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.
- Granted
The Veteran's right hand DJD is granted as secondary to his service-connected left elbow disability.,Effective from September 26, 2013, the Veteran receives a separate noncompensable rating for limitation of extension and a separate 10 percent evaluation for limitation of flexion of the left elbow.
- Denied
The Veteran's right hand DJD was not incurred in or aggravated by service, and the Board denied his claim.
- Denied
The Veteran's DJD of the right hand is currently evaluated at a noncompensable rating due to painful motion. The disability does not meet the criteria for a higher evaluation as it does not involve x-ray evidence of involvement of two or more major joints with occasional incapacitating exacerbations.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for degenerative joint disease of the right hand, finding no evidence that it was incurred in or aggravated by service.
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