Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the appeal for further action to determine the severity of the Veteran's service-connected conditions in the absence of medication.
The deciding factor: The claims must be remanded as VA is required to consider functional impairment in the absence of medication, and there are no medical opinions addressing this aspect of the disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- left wrist carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), median nerve, right wrist CTS, median nerve, right wrist osteoarthritis with chronic wrist sprain, left wrist osteoarthritis, right hand osteoporosis, left hand osteoporosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 20, 2025
- Citation
- 25003847
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