The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for left arm, thumb, and index and long finger disorders due to inadequate medical opinions.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners did not consider the Veteran's medical history in explaining the nature of his symptoms or their possible etiology.
- Claimed conditions
- Left arm disorder, Left thumb disorder, Left index and long finger disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 16, 2022
- Citation
- 22008983
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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 service connection for a low back disorder and a left arm disorder as there was no evidence showing that these conditions manifested in service or within one year thereafter, nor any evidence linking them to the Veteran's military service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions due to a lack of proper notice and scheduling of VA examinations.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for recurrent moderate major depressive disorder as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected plantar fasciitis, pseudofolliculitis barbae residual anterior neck scars, and right eye corneal scars.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the cases for further development and examination, including obtaining missing service records and a VA examination to address the Veteran's claims of service connection for his thumb disorders and facial reconstructive surgery.
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