The Board has remanded the cases due to the need for a VA examination and opinion regarding the severity of the Veteran's residuals of fracture of the left 5th digit, as well as whether his claimed conditions are related to military service.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for further medical evaluation and opinion regarding the Veteran's current condition and its relation to service.
- Claimed conditions
- denervation of left C8 cervical radiculopathy, left wrist median neuropathy, left elbow ulnar neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 7, 2019
- Citation
- 19161252
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Decisions by this judge: 703 · Granted: 47% (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 uncertainty regarding the severity of the Veteran's service-connected left elbow ulnar neuropathy and its relationship to his cervical radiculopathy. The Veteran will need a VA examination to clarify these issues.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the Veteran's claim for service connection for a left wrist condition is remanded due to insufficient evidence. The Veteran needs to undergo another VA examination to determine if she currently has any diagnosed conditions and whether they are related to her military service.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for his service-connected left elbow ulnar neuropathy, finding that the disability is not more accurately described as moderate incomplete paralysis and most consistent with a 10 percent disability rating.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to the need for a new VA examination to assess the current severity of the Veteran's left elbow ulnar neuropathy, as his contentions regarding its impact on other systems have not been addressed in the previous examinations.
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