The Board has determined that new and material evidence sufficient to reopen claims for service connection for numbness of the right and left arms (claimed as carpal tunnel syndrome) was received. However, both issues were denied as secondary to a service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Veteran's carpal tunnel syndrome was not caused by her cervical spine disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Right arm numbness, Left arm numbness
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 18, 2015
- Citation
- 1511484
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for an acquired psychiatric disorder, right arm numbness, tinnitus, and obstructive sleep apnea due to potential discrepancies in diagnoses and need for further examination.
- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for a traumatic brain injury, left arm numbness as secondary to TBI, and headache disorder as secondary to TBI.
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