The Board denied an increased rating for the veteran's service-connected residuals of a fracture to the right radius and found that new and material evidence had not been submitted sufficient to reopen his claim of entitlement to service connection for the residuals of a left arm injury.
The deciding factor: The new evidence did not link the current disability to service, as required by law.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a fracture to the right radius, residuals of a left arm injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 9, 2001
- Citation
- 0100498
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What this means for you
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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).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Whole decision: Granted
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- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of left and right arm injuries, finding that there is no evidence to support a link between his current disabilities and his military service.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service-connected left arm elbow pain is found to be etiologically related to an in-service injury, and the Board has granted service connection for residuals of a left arm injury.
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