The Veteran's claim for an effective date prior to August 19, 2008 for service connection of peripheral neuropathy of the left arm is denied. The case is remanded for additional development.
The deciding factor: The effective date cannot be earlier than the date of receipt of the claim due to the one-year rule after separation from active duty.
- Claimed conditions
- Peripheral neuropathy of the left arm
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 25, 2018
- Citation
- 18113793
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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
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