Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a right hand fifth metacarpal fracture with residual hand pain to obtain an adequate VA examination.
The deciding factor: The September 2023 VA examination did not adequately consider all of the Veteran's symptomology and failed to evaluate the range of motion of any opposite, undamaged joints as required by law.
- Claimed conditions
- right hand fifth metacarpal fracture with residual hand pain
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 9, 2025
- Citation
- A25087429
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