The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for left and right upper extremity nerve disorders, finding insufficient evidence to adjudicate these claims. The case is returned for further examination and opinion regarding the nature and etiology of the Veteran’s diagnosed nerve conditions.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners did not provide sufficient information on whether the Veteran's upper extremity nerve conditions are related to his active service or any other service-connected disability, necessitating a remand for additional medical opinions.
- Claimed conditions
- left upper extremity nerve disorder, right upper extremity nerve disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 2, 2020
- Citation
- 20044575
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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).
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
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- Whole decision: Dismissed
The veteran withdrew his appeals for service connection for multiple conditions, and the Board has no further jurisdiction to consider these matters.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for a right and left upper extremity nerve disorder as secondary to the service-connected cervical spine disability, but remanded the claim for hypertension due to an incomplete medical opinion.
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