The Veteran's claims for service connection for various recurrent disabilities of the right and left hands, lower extremities, and knees are being remanded due to a lack of adequate medical examination or opinion regarding their onset during active service.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations conducted were found to be inadequate as they did not provide specific diagnoses or opinions on whether any identified disabilities had their onset during active service.
- Claimed conditions
- recurrent right hand disability, recurrent lumbosacral spine disability, recurrent right lower extremity nerve disability, recurrent left lower extremity nerve disability, recurrent right knee disability, recurrent left knee disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 26, 2026
- Citation
- A26006801
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
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