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
- Not verified here — check the original 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 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: 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.
- Whole decision: 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.
- Whole decision: 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.
- Whole decision: 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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