The Veteran's appeal is remanded for additional development due to issues regarding service connection and increased rating of her right wrist disability.
The deciding factor: The Veteran has not established service connection for a neurological disability of the right wrist or hand as secondary to her service-connected right wrist disability, and her request for an increased rating remains pending.
- Claimed conditions
- Residuals of a commuted fracture of the right wrist, Scars of the right wrist
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 22, 2020
- Citation
- 20080619
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Decisions by this judge: 1,913 · Granted: 30% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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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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