Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for right wrist disability and gout to obtain additional medical evidence regarding their etiology, specifically addressing aggravation by service-connected conditions.
The deciding factor: The August 2023 VA examinations were found inadequate as they did not address the issue of aggravation separately from causation.
- Claimed conditions
- right wrist disability, gout
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 5, 2025
- Citation
- 25003155
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