The Veteran's appeal is remanded for further development, including obtaining additional medical opinions and private treatment records. The issues of increased rating for right hand strain, secondary service connection for a right upper extremity disability, and TDIU are also being remanded.
The deciding factor: The decision was not about the initial rating or service connection but rather about the need to obtain additional evidence and opinions due to inadequate previous examinations and lack of private treatment records.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Hand Strain, RUE Neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 17, 2022
- Citation
- 22029253
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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.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for headaches and right hand strain, increased the ratings for PTSD, bilateral hearing loss, dyshidrotic eczema, and hypertension, and denied service connection for Parkinsonism, pes planus/flat feet, GERD, tinea versicolor, allergic rhinitis, and tinnitus. The Board also granted a TDIU.
- Granted
The Board has granted effective dates of May 4, 2021 for the grants of service connection for anxiety disorder, back disability (Thoracolumbar Spine), right hand strain, left hand strain, sciatica right lower extremity, and sciatica left lower extremity. The Veteran's increased evaluation for his left shoulder disability is also granted as of May 4, 2021.
- Denied
The Board denied the claim for DIC based on service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, finding that there was not sufficient evidence to link any service-connected disability to his death.
- Denied
The Veteran's request for a higher rating for right hand strain, as well as separate ratings for her index finger, long finger, ring finger, and little finger disabilities from May 1, 2020 to October 30, 2022, was denied. The current effective date is not specified.
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