The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral wrist and knee disorders due to inadequate medical opinions. The claims will be reviewed again with new evidence.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners' opinions were based on inaccurate factual premises, which rendered their conclusions legally insufficient.
- Claimed conditions
- Left wrist tendinitis, Right wrist tendinitis, Left knee strain and osteoarthritis, Right knee strain and osteoarthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 28, 2021
- Citation
- 21077081
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for right wrist disability, finding that there is no evidence of an in-service injury or disease and no current disability related to her active duty service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient medical evidence regarding the etiology of the Veteran's right wrist disability. The claim will be reconsidered by the AOJ with consideration of all submitted evidence.
- Granted
The Veteran was unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation due to service-connected disabilities from October 4, 2006, to November 18, 2008. The Board found that the Veteran's right wrist condition prevented him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, left knee disability, and right shoulder impingement syndrome due to a lack of evidence showing current disabilities meeting VA criteria.
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