The Board of Veterans' Appeals has denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a right upper extremity disability, secondary to his service-connected amputation of the left arm below the insertion of the deltoid.
The deciding factor: The appeal was not well-grounded and additional development under the Veterans Claims Assistance Act of 2000 was required before reaching a decision on the merits.
- Claimed conditions
- right upper extremity disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 28, 2000
- Citation
- 0030846
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
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