The Board has decided to remand the case due to the need for a VA examination and additional treatment records.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for further medical evaluation to determine if the Veteran's left elbow bursitis is related to his service.
- Claimed conditions
- left elbow bursitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 16, 2018
- Citation
- 18142656
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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: Denied
The Veteran's claim for an increased rating for left elbow bursitis since December 27, 2024, was denied. The Veteran received a 10% disability rating from December 27, 2023, to December 26, 2024.,The Veteran's claim for an increased rating for left shoulder rotator cuff tendonitis with displaced fracture of lateral end of left clavicle since December 27, 2023, was denied.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a left elbow disability, including bursitis, finding no current disability and insufficient evidence to establish a link between his in-service symptoms and any present condition.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The appeal for service connection for left shoulder disability was granted in full, and the issues of entitlement to a rating higher than 10 percent for right hamstring tendonitis, left elbow bursitis, chronic left ankle sprain, and low back disability were denied or dismissed.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for bursitis affecting the Veteran's bilateral ankles, elbows, hips, shoulders, and wrists as there was no evidence of a current disability during the pendency of the appeal.
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