The Board has remanded the cases for additional development, including obtaining VA medical opinions regarding the Veteran's bilateral finger disability and any additional disabilities resulting from treatment at the Philadelphia VAMC.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need to obtain further medical opinions as per previous remand instructions.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral finger disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 13, 2019
- Citation
- 19162340
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Decisions by this judge: 2,569 · Granted: 26% (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 remanded the claims of service connection for various joint disabilities, including neck, bilateral finger, knee, foot, and elbow disabilities. The Veteran's claim is based on direct evidence rather than a presumption or secondary to another condition.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral finger disability and low back disability due to inadequate medical opinions.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various musculoskeletal conditions, including lumbar spine, bilateral finger, bilateral knee, bilateral leg, and bilateral foot disabilities. The examiner concluded that the current diagnoses were not related to service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the cases for further development and to obtain outstanding SSA records related to the appellant's claims.
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