The Board has remanded the claim for a new VA examination to address the Veteran's lay statements regarding the onset and continuity of her symptoms, as well as whether her thumb disorder is related to service or a service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The previous opinion was inadequate due to failure to address the Veteran's lay statements and causation/aggravation concepts.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral thumb disorder, deQuervain's tenosynovitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 20, 2021
- Citation
- 21030910
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has reopened the Veteran's previously denied claim of service connection for sarcoidosis, but remanded it due to unclear evidence and outstanding VA treatment records.,The claims for reopening of service connection for a bilateral thumb disorder, mono type infection, thyroid disorder (Graves Disease and hyperthyroidism), and skin disorder are also remanded.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a bilateral thumb disorder as the evidence did not show it was incurred in or aggravated by active service, and there is no link to the Veteran's service-connected carpal and cubital tunnel syndrome.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that additional development is needed to obtain private treatment records and for addendum opinions regarding the Veteran's claims. The case is therefore REMANDED.
- Granted
The Veteran's deQuervian tenosynovitis of the left wrist has been rated at 10% since May 23, 2016. The surgical scar of the left wrist is also rated at 10%. These ratings are effective from May 23, 2016.
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