The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for increased ratings for his right wrist and forearm disabilities due to incomplete medical opinions regarding repetitive-use testing, functional equivalent of ankylosis, and the ameliorative effects of medication.
The deciding factor: The Board found that additional medical opinions are needed to address these issues as they pertain to the Veteran's service-connected right wrist and forearm disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Right (major) wrist disability, Post-operative residuals of right (major) forearm disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 7, 2023
- Citation
- 23007791
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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: Granted
The Board has granted an initial rating of 30 percent for the Veteran's service-connected right wrist disability, effective from March 7, 2002.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied an increased evaluation for the veteran's right wrist disability, finding that it did not meet the criteria for a rating in excess of 20 percent. The issue of service connection for a chronic back disability was also addressed separately.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has determined that the appellant's right wrist disability warrants a 10 percent evaluation prior to September 30, 1999.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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