The Board has denied service connection for traumatic injuries to the right and left hands, finding that there is no evidence linking these conditions to service. The case was remanded for further development regarding the left hand disability.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found no medical opinion linking the Veteran's current diagnoses of osteoarthritis in his hands to his active duty service.
- Claimed conditions
- Traumatic injury of the right hand, Traumatic injury of the left hand
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 1, 2020
- Citation
- 20057762
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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 service connection for both right and left hand disabilities, finding no medical evidence linking the current conditions to service.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the issues of service connection for traumatic injuries to both hands due to a failure to comply with previous remand directives, specifically failing to consider and address the Veteran's lay statements regarding his in-service hand injuries.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for a traumatic injury of the left hand, finding that there is no evidence linking the current condition to active service.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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