The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for a left thumb disorder and evaluations for lumbosacral strain, left knee strain manifestation of limitation of flexion, and left knee instability due to incomplete development.
The deciding factor: Incomplete development of records as requested by the July 2023 Board remand directives.
- Claimed conditions
- left thumb disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 26, 2024
- Citation
- 24017919
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for left shoulder, left wrist, right wrist, left thumb, and right thumb disorders due to the lack of evidence showing current disabilities. The appeal for a right eye vision disorder was dismissed as untimely.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues for further development, specifically to obtain treatment records from VISTA imaging and ensure compliance with previous remand directives.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for right foot pes planus and denied it for a left thumb disorder.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various conditions and an initial compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss, finding no evidence of a current disability or in-service incurrence.
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