The Board has denied service connection for a right wrist disorder and remanded the issue of service connection for a right hand disorder.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Veteran's current right wrist and right hand disorders are not causally or etiologically related to her military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Right wrist disorder, Right hand disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 1, 2019
- Citation
- 19123700
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,828 · Granted: 32% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to a duty-to-assist error and needs additional medical opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's right wrist disorder.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeal for service connection of a right hand disorder. The claims for bilateral pes planus and plantar fascitis, hypertension, and obstructive sleep apnea are granted.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 is remanded due to a duty to assist error, specifically the lack of consent form and CT scan report from Houston VAMC.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for right hand disorder, back disorder, left leg disorder (other than left knee pain), and right leg disorder (other than right knee pain) due to the lack of evidence showing current disabilities during or proximate to the appeal period.
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