The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for right ankle and right wrist conditions due to insufficient medical opinions in the record.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations provided cursory rationales and failed to address the consistent indication of chronicity of symptomatology.
- Claimed conditions
- lateral collateral ligament sprain of the right ankle, right wrist sprain with tendonitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 9, 2023
- Citation
- 23050046
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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
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- Remanded (sent back)
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