The Board remands the claims for service connection and initial ratings due to deficiencies in the VA examinations.
The deciding factor: Deficiencies in the VA examinations, including failure to address reported symptoms and theories of entitlement, necessitate a remand for additional development.
- Claimed conditions
- left shoulder pain, right shoulder pain, left wrist strain, status post left radial fracture, degenerative disc disease (DDD) of the lumbar spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 10, 2022
- Citation
- 22001209
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
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