The Board has determined that the Veteran's claims for a higher rating for right wrist CTS and TDIU from April 6, 2016, to October 30, 2017 are remanded due to the need for updated medical records and examination. The effective date of service connection remains February 14, 2001.
The deciding factor: The claims require additional development as there is a lack of recent medical evidence and an updated VA examination is needed to assess current right wrist manifestations.
- Claimed conditions
- right wrist carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 15, 2023
- Citation
- 23009733
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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: Denied
The Veteran's claims for service connection were denied due to lack of evidence supporting the conditions prior to August 4, 2021.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and denied the claims for bilateral hearing loss, initial compensable rating for rhinitis, rating in excess of 10 percent for bilateral pes planus with plantar fasciitis, and remanded the claim for right wrist carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS).
- 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: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for left and right wrist carpal tunnel syndrome due to an inadequate VA medical opinion that failed to consider the Veteran's lay statements.
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