The Board has decided to remand the claims for service connection and evaluations related to a right forearm condition, including carpal tunnel syndrome and cubital tunnel syndrome. The decision is based on the need to obtain correct Social Security Administration (SSA) records and review them with the VA examiner who conducted the 2019 examination.
The deciding factor: The SSA records are necessary for an accurate assessment of the Veteran's condition, as they may provide crucial information about his symptoms and treatment history.
- Claimed conditions
- right forearm condition manifested by weakness, numbness, and tingling, carpal tunnel syndrome (carpal TS), cubital tunnel syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 25, 2020
- Citation
- 20014494
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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 decided to remand the case due to a duty to assist error and needs additional information from a VA examination regarding the severity of the Veteran's right upper extremity radiculopathy and cubital tunnel syndrome.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for carpal tunnel syndrome of the right upper extremity, left upper extremity, and cubital tunnel syndrome of the right upper extremity. The Veteran's disabilities are related to his military occupational specialty as an air traffic controller.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's claim for diabetes mellitus type II due to herbicide exposure is granted.,Claims for cubital and carpal tunnel syndromes secondary to service-connected diabetes mellitus type II are also granted.,Service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, related to the Veteran's service in Okinawa, is granted.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeals for increased ratings and a temporary total rating related to various foot and elbow conditions, as well as hemorrhoids. The Board has dismissed these issues.
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