The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining VA and private treatment records, scheduling a VA examination to determine the nature and etiology of any left wrist neurological disability, and readjudicating the issues.
The deciding factor: The decision is remanded due to the need for additional evidence and medical opinions regarding the Veteran's service-connected conditions and their impact on his ability to work.
- Claimed conditions
- left wrist navicular fracture, left wrist neurological disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 6, 2021
- Citation
- 21040752
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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: Dismissed
The Veteran's claim for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder, adjustment disorder is dismissed as it was granted in a previous decision. The issue of a higher rating for the left wrist condition and carpal tunnel syndrome is remanded.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including PTSD, anxiety, depression, mood disorders, tinnitus, left wrist disability, and hearing loss in the left ear, have rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation. The Board has granted TDIU based on these conditions.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for increased rating and TDIU due to issues with the left wrist navicular fracture. The case will be reviewed again, including consideration of extraschedular evaluations.
- 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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