The Veteran seeks service connection for radial nerve pain of the right arm. The Board has identified new evidence and issues that require further development, including obtaining pre-service medical records and VA examination to determine if current disability is related to service or service-connected conditions.
The deciding factor: The case requires additional development due to newly received evidence and complex medical matters involving thoracic outlet syndrome and cervical spine disease.
- Claimed conditions
- radial nerve pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 25, 2009
- Citation
- 0931804
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's right arm disability, including radial nerve pain and thoracic outlet syndrome, is not service-connected as a direct result of an injury or event during active duty.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for further development due to conflicting diagnoses and need for a VA examination.
- Denied
The Veteran's chronic right arm disability, including radial nerve pain, is not service-connected as her current symptoms are related to pre-existing conditions and do not meet the criteria for a separate disability.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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