The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for left elbow and low back disabilities due to inadequate medical opinions. The issues are being returned for further development.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners did not adequately consider the Veteran’s lay statements regarding his symptoms since service, leading to an insufficient opinion on whether these conditions are related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- left elbow degenerative joint disease, left elbow epicondylitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 26, 2018
- Citation
- 18114161
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
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 issues of service connection for headaches, painful surgical scar, left chest, hypertension, left elbow degenerative joint disease, and lumbosacral strain with degenerative arthritis and intervertebral disc syndrome due to incomplete VA treatment records.,No effective date earlier than specified dates was granted as there is no probative evidence showing the conditions had their onset during service or are otherwise related to service.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for left and right elbow epicondylitis, finding that the conditions were incurred during active service.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's left elbow condition, finding that his current disability is more likely than not caused by an in-service injury during his National Guard service.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for initial compensable disability ratings and service connection for various conditions, including supraventricular arrhythmia and Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, erectile dysfunction, left groin scar, bilateral hearing loss, chronic fatigue syndrome, left elbow epicondylitis, and multiple concussions.
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