The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient rationale provided by a VA examiner regarding whether the Veteran's CPPD is related to service. The case needs further examination and opinion.
The deciding factor: The decision was remanded because the VA examiner did not provide sufficient rationale for their conclusion on the relationship between the Veteran's condition and service.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a left hand crush injury, calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease (CPPD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 3, 2019
- Citation
- 19176558
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,104 · Granted: 28% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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 Veteran's claims for service connection due to missing service treatment records. The VA will need to obtain these records and provide a new medical opinion based on the complete record.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to unclear medical opinions and a need for further development regarding the Veteran's left hand and wrist conditions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient rationale provided by the VA examiner regarding the relationship between the Veteran's service-connected left hand crush injury and his current wrist conditions, including degenerative arthritis, carpal tunnel syndrome, status-post left wrist fusion, degenerative joint disease of the hand, and calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease (CPPD).
- Granted
The Board has found that the Veteran's service connection claim for residuals of a left hand crush injury is granted, with no new or material evidence submitted to reopen it. The case was remanded for further development and an examination, which resulted in a negative nexus opinion based on medical records without considering lay statements.
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