The Board found that the Veteran's right elbow degenerative joint disease is attributable to service, granting his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner opined that the current right elbow condition was less likely than not incurred in or caused by a right forearm fracture prior to service and aggravated by military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative joint disease of the right elbow
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 9, 2016
- Citation
- 1618595
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board allowed the benefit or issue identified in this decision. Review the original order: other issues in the same appeal may have a different outcome, and this decision does not predict another claim.
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.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for degenerative joint disease of the right elbow and bilateral knees due to new evidence submitted by the Veteran.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service connection claims for degenerative joint disease of the right wrist, right shoulder, left elbow pain causing functional impairment, and right elbow have all been granted.,Service connection has been established for these conditions based on direct evidence linking them to active service.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claims for effective dates prior to August 26, 2009 for the awards of service connection for various joint conditions have been denied as there is no evidence or correspondence in the record that was received prior to August 26, 2009 which could be construed as either a timely notice of disagreement and/or a CUE challenge to the rating decisions which assigned (in December 1973) and continued (in June 1999) the noncompensable rating for migratory arthritis of multiple joints.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and TDIU were denied. The Board found that the evidence did not support a rating in excess of 10 percent for his degenerative joint disease of the right elbow.
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