The Board remands the claims for service connection for arthritis of the right and left hands to schedule a VA examination.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary to determine the nature and etiology of the Veteran's claimed hand arthritis, particularly in relation to his service-connected sarcoidosis.
- Claimed conditions
- arthritis of the right hand, arthritis of the left hand
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 30, 2025
- Citation
- A25039450
What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The veteran withdrew all pending appeals, and the Board has no jurisdiction to review these issues.
- Denied
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- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for right hand disability, claimed as arthritis, due to a lack of evidence showing a current disability during or approximate to the filing of the claim.
- Denied
The Board denied the claims for service connection for hypertension, diabetes mellitus, type 2, arthritis of the right hand, residuals of metacarpal fracture of the 4th digit of the right hand, and nerve damage of the right wrist as secondary to a service-connected disability. The claim for a compensable evaluation for the service-connected fracture of the 5th digit of the right hand was also denied.
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