The Board has decided the case is not ready for final decision and has ordered a remand to obtain additional medical evidence and opinions regarding the Veteran's claimed hand disorder.
The deciding factor: The claim was originally submitted as secondary service connection, but the examiner must also consider direct service connection due to in-service typing duties.
- Claimed conditions
- rubiculopathy upper bilateral extremities, numbness/tingling of hands, carpal tunnel
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 25, 2020
- Citation
- 20014276
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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 case due to insufficient medical opinion regarding whether the Veteran's current carpal tunnel syndrome is related to service, including as a result of typing as part of his duties as a radio operator.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities did not render him unable to obtain or maintain substantially gainful employment prior to September 8, 2011.,The Veteran does not meet the criteria for SMC based on TDIU since he is not unemployable due to a single service-connected disability.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeals for service connection for carpal tunnel, diabetes, erectile dysfunction (ED), high blood pressure, irregular heartbeat, nervousness/memory loss, pinched nerve/trembling, and a sleep disorder.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for right arm ulnar neuropathy, carpal tunnel, and scarring due to a lack of evidence linking these conditions to his military service.
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