The Board has remanded the case due to the need for additional VA treatment records and a new VA examination to determine if the Veteran's bilateral hand condition is related to his military service, including frostbite in service.
The deciding factor: The Veteran testified that he experienced frostbite in service and continues to experience residual symptoms of numbness, tingling, and pain in his bilateral hands. The current VA examination did not diagnose a current disability but noted the Veteran's symptoms as potentially constituting a disability due to functional impairment.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hand condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 5, 2022
- Citation
- 22038150
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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: Dismissed
The Veteran has withdrawn all pending appeals, including those related to service connection for various conditions and a rating for migraines and erectile dysfunction.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has determined that there is no current disability, in-service event, injury, or illness related to the Veteran's claimed conditions. Therefore, service connection for bilateral elbow condition, bilateral hand condition, bilateral knee condition, neck condition, prostate cancer, headaches, and left eye vision problem is denied.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for GERD as secondary to the Veteran's PTSD and tinnitus, but denied service connection for a lumbar spine disability, right ear hearing loss, chronic sinus condition, bilateral hand condition, jaw condition, aortic regurgitation, discoid lupus, residuals of peptic ulcer, left shoulder condition, right shoulder condition, cervical spine disability, left upper extremity (LUE) radiculopathy secondary to cervical spine disability, and right upper extremity (RUE) radiculopathy secondary to cervical spine disability.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims of CUE in the July 6, 2021 rating decision that denied service connection for a bilateral hand condition, a bilateral knee condition, and a low back condition.
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