The Board has decided to remand the cases for further development and evaluation, including obtaining medical records and conducting a VA examination.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for additional evidence and an updated medical assessment due to previous examinations not providing sufficient information about current range of motion and flare-ups.
- Claimed conditions
- ununited right scaphoid fracture, right carpel tunnel syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 10, 2024
- Citation
- 24015519
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for left carpel tunnel syndrome, right carpel tunnel syndrome, left knee ACL tear s/p knee meniscus tear repair (also claimed as gout), and right knee osteoarthritis (also claimed as gout).
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matters for further development to ensure compliance with prior remand instructions and to obtain a new examination that complies with specific testing requirements.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has found that the Veteran's claims for service connection have been remanded due to incomplete records. The VA must attempt to obtain all relevant medical records, including those from the Louisville VAMC from January 2012 through March 2022.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for further development and review, including obtaining private treatment records from Kaiser Permanente and scheduling a VA nerves examination to address whether the Veteran's right carpal tunnel syndrome is caused or aggravated by his service-connected ununited right scaphoid fracture. The examiner should also assess whether recent symptoms of right wrist fracture constitute functional ankylosis.
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