The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for right and left wrist CTS due to lack of substantial compliance with previous remand directives. A new VA medical opinion is needed as the current one did not consider all relevant evidence, including in-service treatment records.
The deciding factor: The previous VA examination did not properly consider the Veteran's in-service treatment records and his lay statements regarding continued treatment since service.
- Claimed conditions
- right wrist CTS, left wrist CTS
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 12, 2022
- Citation
- 22014349
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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: Remanded (sent back)
The Board denied an earlier effective date for right benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, denied a higher rating for the same condition, and remanded separate ratings for carpal tunnel syndrome in both wrists and a compensable rating for hypothyroidism.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, a sleep condition, left shoulder bursitis, left wrist CTS, right wrist CTS, upper back condition, lower back condition, and right shoulder bursitis as there was no evidence of current disability or nexus to military service.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claims for service connection and increased ratings were denied. The Board found no medical nexus between the claimed conditions and either active service or a service-connected disability.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has ordered the AOJ to complete several actions related to the Veteran's claim for additional VA disability compensation benefits under the CRDP program, specifically for the period prior to March 1, 2010. The AOJ must obtain all relevant VA records and DFAS audit error worksheets, perform a paid and due audit, and readjudicate the claim.
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