The Board remands the claims for service connection and a compensable rating due to insufficient evidence in the record.
The deciding factor: Further development is needed to verify the Veteran's periods of active duty, active duty for training, and inactive duty for training with the Air Force Reserve, as well as to obtain additional medical evidence regarding the severity of the left fifth finger fracture residuals.
- Claimed conditions
- cervical spine disability (degenerative disc disease, degenerative arthritis), cervical spine radiculopathy (right C7 nerve root middle radicular group involvement), right shoulder disability, left shoulder disability, right wrist disability (carpal tunnel syndrome), left wrist disability (carpal tunnel syndrome), left elbow disability, lumbosacral spine disability (lumbosacral strain), right knee disability (strain residuals, tendinitis), left fifth finger fracture residuals
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 8, 2024
- Citation
- 24001253
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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