The Board has decided that the Veteran's arthritis of the left wrist should be remanded for further development, including obtaining relevant medical records and procuring an addendum VA medical opinion.
The deciding factor: The April 2017 VA examiner’s opinion is unclear regarding whether there is no arthritic process in the left wrist or just none in an exaggerated state.
- Claimed conditions
- arthritis of the left wrist
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 16, 2019
- Citation
- 19129561
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 of Veterans' Appeals remands the issues of service connection for various conditions, including arthritis and Raynaud's syndrome, to obtain additional medical evidence.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for hypertension and bilateral retinopathy as secondary to hypertension pursuant to the PACT Act, while remanding other claims for further development.
- Partly granted
The Board granted the request to readjudicate the claim of service connection for arthritis of the left wrist and denied it for the right wrist.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for arthritis of the left wrist, finding that the Veteran's symptoms are at least in equipoise with his account of injuries sustained during military service.
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