The Veteran's service-connected hand, elbow, and wrist disabilities are being remanded for further assessment due to the lack of recent examinations. The VA needs to schedule new examinations that comply with Correia v. McDonald and Sharp v. Shulkin.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for updated medical evaluations as the most recent ones were conducted nearly four and a half years ago.
- Claimed conditions
- right hand strain, right elbow sprain, left wrist sprain, left hand strain, right wrist sprain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 30, 2019
- Citation
- 19141458
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,077 · Granted: 25% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's tinnitus was granted service connection with a 10% disability rating effective August 8, 2023. Service connection for right hand and thumb disabilities as well as right wrist sprain were also granted. However, the Veteran's bilateral hearing loss did not meet VA criteria for compensation.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for service connection on multiple conditions have been dismissed due to the Veteran's withdrawal of the appeal.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied a rating in excess of 10 percent for left hand strain, finding that the Veteran's symptoms and medical evidence did not support an increased rating.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeals for left wrist pain and right wrist sprain, leading to the dismissal of these claims.
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