The Board has granted a 10% initial evaluation for left elbow tendonitis, effective from August 20, 2000. Service connection for asbestos exposure was denied as there is no current disability due to such exposure.
The deciding factor: The veteran's left elbow tendonitis resulted in functional impairment with weakness affecting use and tenderness noted on examination, warranting a higher rating than the noncompensable evaluation previously assigned.
- Claimed conditions
- left elbow tendonitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 12, 2006
- Citation
- 0613904
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,642 · Granted: 19% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for service connection on multiple conditions have been dismissed due to the Veteran's withdrawal of the appeal.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for left and right shoulder strain, elbow tendonitis, and patellofemoral pain syndrome of the knees. Service connection is denied for left and right ankle disabilities and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for left elbow tendonitis and right elbow tendonitis, finding that the evidence is in approximate balance as to whether these conditions are related to active service.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for service connection for left shoulder strain, right elbow tendonitis, and left elbow tendonitis due to a pre-decisional duty-to-assist error. The AOJ should reschedule VA examinations to determine the nature and etiology of these conditions.
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