Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection of right and left hand disabilities to obtain a more detailed medical opinion regarding their etiology.
The deciding factor: Further medical guidance is needed to address the etiology of the Veteran's bilateral hand disability as the VA examiner failed to adequately address the in-service occurrences and their potential relation to the current condition.
- Claimed conditions
- right hand disability, claimed as right ring finger injury, left hand disability, claimed as left ring finger injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 18, 2025
- Citation
- 25002259
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