Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of service connection for a recurrent right hand disability and a recurrent left foot disability to the Agency of Original Jurisdiction for further development, as the current record is inadequate to determine whether the Veteran has these disabilities.
The deciding factor: The December 2024 VA examinations were conducted by nurse practitioners rather than medical doctors, and did not address the required elements for service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- recurrent right hand disability to include osteoarthritis, other than right upper extremity radiculopathy, recurrent left foot disability, other than left lower extremity radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 26, 2025
- Citation
- 25002817
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