The Veteran's claims for a temporary total rating and an increased evaluation were remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining updated VA treatment records.
The deciding factor: The period of convalescence following the right wrist carpal tunnel release surgery was not related to a service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative Joint Disease (DJD) of the right wrist, Right wrist ganglion cyst
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 21, 2019
- Citation
- 19179810
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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: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for TDIU as his service-connected disabilities did not prevent him from obtaining or maintaining substantially gainful employment.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Board dismissed the Veteran's appeal for service connection due to a grant of service connection in a prior decision, and denied her claims for migraine headaches, PTSD, and a right wrist ganglion cyst.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied a compensable rating for the Veteran's right wrist ganglion cyst with residual scar, finding that her symptoms do not warrant a higher evaluation.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the claim for an earlier effective date prior to October 17, 2013, for service connection of degenerative joint disease (DJD) of the right wrist due to a lack of evidence showing that the Veteran submitted a valid claim before this date.
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