The Veteran's claims of service connection for bilateral wrist condition, left shoulder condition, and right shoulder condition are remanded due to the need for additional medical examinations and opinions.
The deciding factor: The Board found that a new examination is needed as the previous VA examiner did not address all relevant STRs and excluded the Veteran’s left shoulder disability from the examination.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral wrist condition, cervical spine injury (left shoulder), right upper back injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 7, 2020
- Citation
- 20045010
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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.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew their appeal of the service connection for a bilateral wrist condition before the decision was made.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II, sleep apnea, bilateral wrist condition, and right knee condition have been dismissed due to the Veteran's death.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's request to revise a January 2015 rating decision that granted service connection for bilateral wrist condition with an effective date of October 13, 2011, due to lack of evidence showing new and relevant STRs were associated with his claims file after the original denial in March 1999.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for left fingers contusion and disability, but remanded the claims for a bilateral wrist condition and paralysis of the sciatic nerve and hip nerves.
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