The Board remands the claims for service connection due to a need for additional development, including verification of active duty, ACDUTRA, and INACDUTRA periods, and medical examinations.
The deciding factor: Further development is needed to verify specific dates of active duty, ACDUTRA, and INACDUTRA, as well as to obtain medical opinions addressing the etiology of the claimed disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- right shoulder AC joint degenerative joint disease, right wrist disability, left wrist disability, right long finger cyst, left index finger cyst, left thumb, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), gastric ulcerations/dyspepsia, hypothyroidism
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 4, 2022
- Citation
- 22000299
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.
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
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- Denied
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