The Veteran's right hand numbness and tingling are not service connected, but his degenerative joint disease of the right hand is being remanded for a new examination to assess its severity.
The deciding factor: New evidence submitted by the Veteran was considered, reopening the issue of service connection for right hand numbness and tingling. The Board has ordered a new examination to determine the current severity of the Veteran's degenerative joint disease of the right hand.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative joint disease of the right hand, Right hand numbness and tingling
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 15, 2019
- Citation
- 19137643
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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 Veteran does not have a current diagnosis of a disability manifested by right hand numbness and tingling, left shoulder disability, or right shoulder disability. As such, the claims for service connection are denied.
- Denied
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection were denied as the evidence did not support a higher evaluation or grant of service connection.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the veteran's residuals of a fracture of the right fifth metacarpal and degenerative joint disease of the right hand are related to service, thus granting these claims.
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